1/* Copyright (C) 2011-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Lesser General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library. If not, see
16 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17
18#include <unistd.h>
19#include <fcntl.h>
20#include <sysdep.h>
21
22/* Read the contents of the symbolic link PATH into no more than
23 LEN bytes of BUF. The contents are not null-terminated.
24 Returns the number of characters read, or -1 for errors. */
25ssize_t
26__readlink (const char *path, char *buf, size_t len)
27{
28 return INLINE_SYSCALL (readlinkat, 4, AT_FDCWD, path, buf, len);
29}
30weak_alias (__readlink, readlink)
31

source code of glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/readlink.c