On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:03:15 +0200 Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:

quoted text
> Hi Rob,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 01:25:18AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> [...]
> >  	FILE * infile;
> > +
> > +	srctree = getenv("SRCTREE");
> > +	if (!srctree) srctree = getcwd(NULL,0);
> >  	if (argc != 3) {
> >  		usage();
> >  		exit(1);
> 
> $ man getcwd
> 
>  char *getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);
>       
>  As an extension to the POSIX.1 standard, Linux (libc4, libc5, glibc) getcwd() 
>  allocates the buffer dynamically using malloc() if buf is NULL on call.
> 
> Shouldn't "srctree" be free()ed in case getenv("SRCTREE") failed ?

What is there to free() at that point?  If getenv() fails (i.e.,
the env. variable is not found), it returns NULL.
or do I need another cup of coffee?

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~Randy
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