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author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:49:15 +0100 |
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@node getwd @section @code{getwd} @findex getwd POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getwd.html} Gnulib module: --- Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: Solaris 2.4, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS, Android 9.0. @item The size of the buffer required for this function is not a compile-time constant. Also, the function truncates a result that would be larger than the minimum buffer size. For these reasons, this function is marked as ``legacy'' in POSIX. Better use the @code{getcwd} function instead. @end itemize