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#include <dirent.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
struct stat stat_buf;
struct dirent *file_info;
ino_t itself_ino; /* holds current folder inode */
ino_t parent_ino; /* holds parent folder inode */
char Current[PATH_MAX]; /* folder name */
char Path[PATH_MAX]; /* holds the full path */
char Slash[PATH_MAX]; /* add / before the folder name */
DIR *dir;
while (1)
{
dir = opendir(".");
if(dir == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "cannot get current directory.\n");
exit(-1);
}
/* read the information about the current folder */
file_info = readdir(dir);
lstat(file_info->d_name, &stat_buf);
itself_ino = stat_buf.st_ino;
closedir(dir);
chdir(".."); /* go to parent directory */
dir = opendir(".");
file_info = readdir(dir);
lstat(file_info->d_name, &stat_buf);
parent_ino = stat_buf.st_ino;
if(itself_ino == parent_ino) {
/*closedir(dir);*/
break;
} else {
strcpy(Slash, "/");
strcpy(Current, file_info->d_name);
strcat(Slash, Current); /* add "/" as the first */
strcat(Slash, Path); /* charcter of the directory */
/* check the length of the pathname */
if(strlen(Slash) >= PATH_MAX) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error! Path too long!\n");
exit(0);
}
/* save the full pathname */
strcpy(Path, Slash);
}
closedir(dir);
}
/* print the full path of the current working directory */
printf("%s\n", Path);
return 0;
}
Now it runs fine but instead of returning each dir's actual name in the complete path it returns "." (dots) so the final path would look like "/././." instead of "/home/user/dir". Any ideas why?
