[bug-gnulib] Re: getcwd fixes for bugs in glibc, Solaris, OpenBSD, ...

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> It's really too bad that there is no system interface that allows a
>> program to save and restore the current working directory reliably
>
> Actually, there is such an interface: it's the AT_FDCWD interface
> of Solaris 9 and later.  (Great minds think alike, huh?)  It comes
> with new system calls like openat and fstatat.

Oh!  That looks very useful.

It's been a long time since I looked forward to
implementing Solaris-specific code.
I hope it doesn't take too long before Linux catches up.

Thanks!