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+/*
+ * xgetcwd.c -- return current directory with unlimited length
+ * Copyright (C) 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
+ *
+ * Special function for busybox written by Vladimir Oleynik <vodz@usa.net>
+*/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+/* Amount to increase buffer size by in each try. */
+#define PATH_INCR 32
+
+/* Return the current directory, newly allocated, arbitrarily long.
+ Return NULL and set errno on error.
+ If argument is not NULL (previous usage allocate memory), call free()
+*/
+
+char *
+xgetcwd (char *cwd)
+{
+ char *ret;
+ unsigned path_max;
+
+ errno = 0;
+ path_max = (unsigned) PATH_MAX;
+ path_max += 2; /* The getcwd docs say to do this. */
+
+ if(cwd==0)
+ cwd = xmalloc (path_max);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ while ((ret = getcwd (cwd, path_max)) == NULL && errno == ERANGE) {
+ path_max += PATH_INCR;
+ cwd = xrealloc (cwd, path_max);
+ errno = 0;
+ }
+
+ if (ret == NULL) {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ free (cwd);
+ errno = save_errno;
+ perror_msg("getcwd()");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return cwd;
+}