+
+int parse_path_argument_and_warn(const char *path, bool suppress_root, char **arg) {
+ char *p;
+ int r;
+
+ /*
+ * This function is intended to be used in command line
+ * parsers, to handle paths that are passed in. It makes the
+ * path absolute, and reduces it to NULL if omitted or
+ * root (the latter optionally).
+ *
+ * NOTE THAT THIS WILL FREE THE PREVIOUS ARGUMENT POINTER ON
+ * SUCCESS! Hence, do not pass in uninitialized pointers.
+ */
+
+ if (isempty(path)) {
+ *arg = mfree(*arg);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ r = path_make_absolute_cwd(path, &p);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse path \"%s\" and make it absolute: %m", path);
+
+ path_kill_slashes(p);
+ if (suppress_root && path_equal(p, "/"))
+ p = mfree(p);
+
+ free(*arg);
+ *arg = p;
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif // 0
+
+char* dirname_malloc(const char *path) {
+ char *d, *dir, *dir2;
+
+ assert(path);
+
+ d = strdup(path);
+ if (!d)
+ return NULL;
+
+ dir = dirname(d);
+ assert(dir);
+
+ if (dir == d)
+ return d;
+
+ dir2 = strdup(dir);
+ free(d);
+
+ return dir2;
+}
+
+bool filename_is_valid(const char *p) {
+ const char *e;
+
+ if (isempty(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (streq(p, "."))
+ return false;
+
+ if (streq(p, ".."))
+ return false;
+
+ e = strchrnul(p, '/');
+ if (*e != 0)
+ return false;
+
+ if (e - p > FILENAME_MAX)
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool path_is_safe(const char *p) {
+
+ if (isempty(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (streq(p, "..") || startswith(p, "../") || endswith(p, "/..") || strstr(p, "/../"))
+ return false;
+
+ if (strlen(p)+1 > PATH_MAX)
+ return false;
+
+ /* The following two checks are not really dangerous, but hey, they still are confusing */
+ if (streq(p, ".") || startswith(p, "./") || endswith(p, "/.") || strstr(p, "/./"))
+ return false;
+
+ if (strstr(p, "//"))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+char *file_in_same_dir(const char *path, const char *filename) {
+ char *e, *ret;
+ size_t k;
+
+ assert(path);
+ assert(filename);
+
+ /* This removes the last component of path and appends
+ * filename, unless the latter is absolute anyway or the
+ * former isn't */
+
+ if (path_is_absolute(filename))
+ return strdup(filename);
+
+ e = strrchr(path, '/');
+ if (!e)
+ return strdup(filename);
+
+ k = strlen(filename);
+ ret = new(char, (e + 1 - path) + k + 1);
+ if (!ret)
+ return NULL;
+
+ memcpy(mempcpy(ret, path, e + 1 - path), filename, k + 1);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+bool hidden_or_backup_file(const char *filename) {
+ const char *p;
+
+ assert(filename);
+
+ if (filename[0] == '.' ||
+ streq(filename, "lost+found") ||
+ streq(filename, "aquota.user") ||
+ streq(filename, "aquota.group") ||
+ endswith(filename, "~"))
+ return true;
+
+ p = strrchr(filename, '.');
+ if (!p)
+ return false;
+
+ /* Please, let's not add more entries to the list below. If external projects think it's a good idea to come up
+ * with always new suffixes and that everybody else should just adjust to that, then it really should be on
+ * them. Hence, in future, let's not add any more entries. Instead, let's ask those packages to instead adopt
+ * one of the generic suffixes/prefixes for hidden files or backups, possibly augmented with an additional
+ * string. Specifically: there's now:
+ *
+ * The generic suffixes "~" and ".bak" for backup files
+ * The generic prefix "." for hidden files
+ *
+ * Thus, if a new package manager "foopkg" wants its own set of ".foopkg-new", ".foopkg-old", ".foopkg-dist"
+ * or so registered, let's refuse that and ask them to use ".foopkg.new", ".foopkg.old" or ".foopkg~" instead.
+ */
+
+ return STR_IN_SET(p + 1,
+ "rpmnew",
+ "rpmsave",
+ "rpmorig",
+ "dpkg-old",
+ "dpkg-new",
+ "dpkg-tmp",
+ "dpkg-dist",
+ "dpkg-bak",
+ "dpkg-backup",
+ "dpkg-remove",
+ "ucf-new",
+ "ucf-old",
+ "ucf-dist",
+ "swp",
+ "bak",
+ "old",
+ "new");
+}
+
+#if 0 /// UNNEEDED by elogind
+bool is_device_path(const char *path) {
+
+ /* Returns true on paths that refer to a device, either in
+ * sysfs or in /dev */
+
+ return
+ path_startswith(path, "/dev/") ||
+ path_startswith(path, "/sys/");
+}