Re: [PATCH 1/4] make_absolute_path(): Do not append redundant slash

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
> On Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>> @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
>>                       if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
>>                               die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
>>                                               buf, last_elem);
>> -                     buf[len] = '/';
>> -                     strcpy(buf + len + 1, last_elem);
>> +                     if (*buf != '/' || buf[1] != '\0')
>> +                             buf[len++] = '/';
>
> Huh? You are adding a slash unless buf is exactly "/". That is, when buf
> is "/foo/" you still add a slash? That's not exactly avoiding redundancy.
> (Disclaimer: I didn't analyze the rest of the function whether my claim is
> true.)

buf is set by getcwd() so it should never be "/foo/" but doing

if (len && buf[len-1] != '/') buf[len++] = '/';

is probably clearer (and works on Windows too).
-- 
Duy