wrong errno value set by readlinkat()
Bruno Haible
bruno@clisp.org
Tue Apr 18 10:21:43 GMT 2023
Hi,
When an empty path argument is passed to the readlinkat() function,
POSIX:2018 specifies that the function fails with error ENOENT:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readlinkat.html
"These functions shall fail if:
...
[ENOENT]
A component of path does not name an existing file or path is an empty
string."
In Cygwin 3.4.6, readlinkat() fails with error EBADF instead.
How to reproduce:
============================== foo.c ===================================
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main ()
{
char buf[80];
int ret = readlinkat (AT_FDCWD, "", buf, sizeof (buf));
int err = errno;
printf ("ret = %d, errno = %d = \"%s\"\n", ret, err, strerror (err));
return 0;
}
========================================================================
$ gcc -Wall foo.c
$ ./a.exe
Expected output:
ret = -1, errno = 2 = "No such file or directory"
Actual output:
ret = -1, errno = 9 = "Bad file descriptor"
Bruno
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