Index: path.cc
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.388
diff -u -p -b -r1.388 path.cc
--- path.cc	25 Aug 2005 21:18:26 -0000	1.388
+++ path.cc	26 Aug 2005 13:07:29 -0000
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ details. */
 #include "winsup.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <mntent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -3657,6 +3658,8 @@ realpath (const char *path, char *resolv
   /* Make sure the right errno is returned if path is NULL. */
   if (!path)
     {
+      if (resolved)
+	resolved[0] = '\0';
       set_errno (EINVAL);
       return NULL;
     }
@@ -3677,11 +3680,7 @@ realpath (const char *path, char *resolv
   if (!real_path.error && real_path.exists ())
     {
       if (!resolved)
-	{
-          resolved = (char *) malloc (strlen (real_path.normalized_path) + 1);
-          if (!resolved)
-	    return NULL;
-        }
+	return strdup (real_path.normalized_path);
       return strcpy (resolved, real_path.normalized_path);
     }