1 /* Obsolete function to get current working directory.
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33 char tmpbuf[PATH_MAX];
41 if (__getcwd (tmpbuf, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
43 /* We use 1024 here since it should really be enough and because
44 this is a safe value. */
45 __strerror_r (errno, buf, 1024);
49 /* This is completely unsafe. Nobody can say how big the user
50 provided buffer is. Perhaps the application and the libc
51 disagree about the value of PATH_MAX. */
52 return strcpy (buf, tmpbuf);
56 "the `getwd' function is dangerous and should not be used.")