Re: emacs & MAXPATHLEN

[Jan D.]

> How about the following instead...  It is far cleaner and easier to
> understand.
>
>  int buf_size = 100;
>  while (1)
>    {
>       buf = (char *) xmalloc (buf_size);
>       if (getcwd (buf, buf_size) == buf)
>         break;
>       if (errno != ERANGE)
>         {
>       free (buf);
>           fatal ("`getcwd' failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));
>         }
>       size *= 2;
>     }


and leaks memory.  If the path is 400, you do 3 mallocs, but the  
first two are never freed.

    Jan D.