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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/open.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/open.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open.c b/lib/open.c index 4572ebf6cd2..0c2742bbda6 100644 --- a/lib/open.c +++ b/lib/open.c @@ -92,9 +92,13 @@ open (const char *filename, int flags, ...) #endif #if OPEN_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG - /* If the filename ends in a slash and one of O_CREAT, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR - is specified, then fail. - Rationale: POSIX <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html> + /* Fail if one of O_CREAT, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR is specified and the filename + ends in a slash, as POSIX says such a filename must name a directory + <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_13>: + "A pathname that contains at least one non-<slash> character and that + ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved + successfully unless the last pathname component before the trailing + <slash> characters names an existing directory" If the named file already exists as a directory, then - if O_CREAT is specified, open() must fail because of the semantics of O_CREAT, @@ -164,6 +168,12 @@ open (const char *filename, int flags, ...) #if OPEN_TRAILING_SLASH_BUG /* If the filename ends in a slash and fd does not refer to a directory, then fail. + Rationale: POSIX says such a filename must name a directory + <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_13>: + "A pathname that contains at least one non-<slash> character and that + ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved + successfully unless the last pathname component before the trailing + <slash> characters names an existing directory" If the named file without the slash is not a directory, open() must fail with ENOTDIR. */ if (fd >= 0) |