1 /* Return the next element of a path.
2 Copyright (C) 1992, 2005, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.org>,
19 inspired by John P. Rouillard <rouilj@cs.umb.edu>. */
32 /* Return the next element of a colon-separated path.
33 A null entry in the path is equivalent to "." (the current directory).
35 If NEW_PATH is non-NULL, set the path and return NULL.
36 If NEW_PATH is NULL, return the next item in the string, or
37 return NULL if there are no more elements. */
40 next_element (const char *new_path, int curdir_ok)
42 static char *path = NULL; /* Freshly allocated copy of NEW_PATH. */
43 static char *end; /* Start of next element to return. */
44 static int final_colon; /* If zero, path didn't end with a colon. */
45 char *start; /* Start of path element to return. */
50 end = path = strdup (new_path);
60 return curdir_ok ? "." : "";
66 final_colon = 1; /* Maybe there will be one. */
68 end = strchr (start, ':');
71 /* An empty path element. */
73 return curdir_ok ? "." : "";
77 /* The last path element. */
78 end = strchr (start, '\0');