[libvirt] [PATCH 1/7] Add virFileAbsPath() utility

[Amy Griffis]

Add a utility to ensure an absolute path for a potentially realtive path.
---

 src/libvirt_private.syms |    1 +
 src/util/util.c          |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/util/util.h          |    3 +++
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 49bbf96..fb9b9ae 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ virFileExists;
 virFileHasSuffix;
 virFileLinkPointsTo;
 virFileMakePath;
+virFileAbsPath;
 virFileOpenTty;
 virFileReadLimFD;
 virFilePid;
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index f474ead..81b743c 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -1402,6 +1402,42 @@ cleanup:
 
 #endif /* PROXY */
 
+/*
+ * Creates an absolute path for a potentialy realtive path.
+ * Return 0 if the path was not relative, or on success.
+ * Return -1 on error.
+ *
+ * You must free the result.
+ */
+int virFileAbsPath(const char *path, char **abspath)
+{
+    char *buf;
+    int cwdlen;
+
+    if (path[0] == '/') {
+        buf = strdup(path);
+        if (buf == NULL)
+            return(-1);
+    } else {
+        buf = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+        if (buf == NULL)
+            return(-1);
+
+        cwdlen = strlen(buf);
+        /* cwdlen includes the null terminator */
+        if (VIR_REALLOC_N(buf, cwdlen + strlen(path) + 1) < 0) {
+            VIR_FREE(buf);
+            errno = ENOMEM;
+            return(-1);
+        }
+
+        buf[cwdlen] = '/';
+        strcpy(&buf[cwdlen + 1], path);
+    }
+
+    *abspath = buf;
+    return 0;
+}
 
 /* Like strtol, but produce an "int" result, and check more carefully.
    Return 0 upon success;  return -1 to indicate failure.
diff --git a/src/util/util.h b/src/util/util.h
index 77f50ed..8679636 100644
--- a/src/util/util.h
+++ b/src/util/util.h
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ int virFileBuildPath(const char *dir,
                      char *buf,
                      unsigned int buflen);
 
+int virFileAbsPath(const char *path,
+                   char **abspath);
+
 int virFileOpenTty(int *ttymaster,
                    char **ttyName,
                    int rawmode);