Re: [Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH] plugin: add and use nbdkit_realpath

2018-02-14 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 04:44:02PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote: > Introduce a new helper function to resolve a path name, calling > nbdkit_error on failure: other than doing what nbdkit_absolute_path > does, it also checks that the file exist (and thus avoid errors later > on). > > Apply it where an

Re: [Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH] plugin: add and use nbdkit_realpath

2018-02-14 Thread Pino Toscano
On Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:29:39 CET Eric Blake wrote: > On 02/13/2018 09:44 AM, Pino Toscano wrote: > > Introduce a new helper function to resolve a path name, calling > > nbdkit_error on failure: other than doing what nbdkit_absolute_path > > does, it also checks that the file exist (and t

Re: [Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH] plugin: add and use nbdkit_realpath

2018-02-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/13/2018 09:44 AM, Pino Toscano wrote: Introduce a new helper function to resolve a path name, calling nbdkit_error on failure: other than doing what nbdkit_absolute_path does, it also checks that the file exist (and thus avoid errors later s/exist/exists/ s/avoid/avoids/ on). Apply it

[Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH] plugin: add and use nbdkit_realpath

2018-02-13 Thread Pino Toscano
Introduce a new helper function to resolve a path name, calling nbdkit_error on failure: other than doing what nbdkit_absolute_path does, it also checks that the file exist (and thus avoid errors later on). Apply it where an existing path is required, both in nbdkit itself and in plugins. Related