Source file src/pkg/os/getwd.go
1 // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
5 package os
6
7 import (
8 "syscall"
9 )
10
11 // Getwd returns a rooted path name corresponding to the
12 // current directory. If the current directory can be
13 // reached via multiple paths (due to symbolic links),
14 // Getwd may return any one of them.
15 func Getwd() (pwd string, err error) {
16 // If the operating system provides a Getwd call, use it.
17 if syscall.ImplementsGetwd {
18 s, e := syscall.Getwd()
19 return s, NewSyscallError("getwd", e)
20 }
21
22 // Otherwise, we're trying to find our way back to ".".
23 dot, err := Stat(".")
24 if err != nil {
25 return "", err
26 }
27
28 // Clumsy but widespread kludge:
29 // if $PWD is set and matches ".", use it.
30 pwd = Getenv("PWD")
31 if len(pwd) > 0 && pwd[0] == '/' {
32 d, err := Stat(pwd)
33 if err == nil && SameFile(dot, d) {
34 return pwd, nil
35 }
36 }
37
38 // Root is a special case because it has no parent
39 // and ends in a slash.
40 root, err := Stat("/")
41 if err != nil {
42 // Can't stat root - no hope.
43 return "", err
44 }
45 if SameFile(root, dot) {
46 return "/", nil
47 }
48
49 // General algorithm: find name in parent
50 // and then find name of parent. Each iteration
51 // adds /name to the beginning of pwd.
52 pwd = ""
53 for parent := ".."; ; parent = "../" + parent {
54 if len(parent) >= 1024 { // Sanity check
55 return "", syscall.ENAMETOOLONG
56 }
57 fd, err := Open(parent)
58 if err != nil {
59 return "", err
60 }
61
62 for {
63 names, err := fd.Readdirnames(100)
64 if err != nil {
65 fd.Close()
66 return "", err
67 }
68 for _, name := range names {
69 d, _ := Lstat(parent + "/" + name)
70 if SameFile(d, dot) {
71 pwd = "/" + name + pwd
72 goto Found
73 }
74 }
75 }
76 fd.Close()
77 return "", ErrNotExist
78
79 Found:
80 pd, err := fd.Stat()
81 if err != nil {
82 return "", err
83 }
84 fd.Close()
85 if SameFile(pd, root) {
86 break
87 }
88 // Set up for next round.
89 dot = pd
90 }
91 return pwd, nil
92 }