binutils-gdb/gdbsupport/gdb_tilde_expand.h
Lancelot SIX d3ee35dbf7 Improve gdb_tilde_expand logic.
Before this patch, gdb_tilde_expand would use glob(3) in order to expand
tilde at the begining of a path. This implementation has limitation when
expanding a tilde leading path to a non existing file since glob fails to
expand.

This patch proposes to use glob only to expand the tilde component of the
path and leaves the rest of the path unchanged.

This patch is a followup to the following discution:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-January/174776.html

Before the patch:

	gdb_tilde_expand("~") -> "/home/lsix"
	gdb_tilde_expand("~/a/c/b") -> error() is called

After the patch:

	gdb_tilde_expand("~") -> "/home/lsix"
	gdb_tilde_expand("~/a/c/b") -> "/home/lsix/a/c/b"

Tested on x84_64 linux.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* Makefile.in (SELFTESTS_SRCS): Add
	unittests/gdb_tilde_expand-selftests.c.
	* unittests/gdb_tilde_expand-selftests.c: New file.

gdbsupport/ChangeLog:

	* gdb_tilde_expand.cc (gdb_tilde_expand): Improve
	implementation.
	(gdb_tilde_expand_up): Delegate logic to gdb_tilde_expand.
	* gdb_tilde_expand.h (gdb_tilde_expand): Update description.
2021-01-23 17:17:38 +00:00

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/* Perform tilde expansion on paths for GDB and gdbserver.
Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef COMMON_GDB_TILDE_EXPAND_H
#define COMMON_GDB_TILDE_EXPAND_H
/* Perform tilde expansion on DIR, and return the full path. */
extern std::string gdb_tilde_expand (const char *dir);
/* Same as GDB_TILDE_EXPAND, but return the full path as a
gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>. */
extern gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> gdb_tilde_expand_up (const char *dir);
#endif /* COMMON_GDB_TILDE_EXPAND_H */