[bug-gnulib] Re: getcwd fixes for bugs in glibc, Solaris, OpenBSD, ...

[Paul Eggert]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> It's easy to pick and choose which *applications* use the replacement.
> Those that want the robust chdir should just include "chdir.h".
> The problem is when there's a mix of uses, some where we know
> the chdir argument is always a relative single component, or
> otherwise valid, while restore_cwd may well need the robust version
> if save_cwd was run from a deep working directory where open "." failed.

This seems to cry out for having two functions, as I can easily
imagine single modules that'll need both.  How about if we name the
robust version "chdir_long" or something like that?  (That was what I
was going to do before you beat me to the implementation.  :-)