+ char *copy = NULL;
+
+ if (IS_RELATIVE_FILE_NAME (name))
+ {
+ /* Set COPY to the absolute file name if possible.
+
+ FIXME: There should be no need to get the absolute file name.
+ getcwd is slow, it might fail, and it does not necessarily
+ return a canonical name even when it succeeds. Perhaps we
+ can use dev+ino pairs instead of names? */
+ copy = xgetcwd ();
+ if (copy)
+ {
+ size_t copylen = strlen (copy);
+ bool need_separator = ! (DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT
+ && copylen == 2 && ISSLASH (copy[1]));
+ copy = xrealloc (copy, copylen + need_separator + strlen (name) + 1);
+ copy[copylen] = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+ strcpy (copy + copylen + need_separator, name);
+ }
+ else
+ WARN ((0, errno, _("Cannot get working directory")));
+ }
+
+ if (! copy)
+ copy = xstrdup (name);
+ normalize_filename_x (copy);
+ return copy;
+}
+
+\f
+void
+replace_prefix (char **pname, const char *samp, size_t slen,
+ const char *repl, size_t rlen)
+{
+ char *name = *pname;
+ size_t nlen = strlen (name);
+ if (nlen > slen && memcmp (name, samp, slen) == 0 && ISSLASH (name[slen]))
+ {
+ if (rlen > slen)
+ {
+ name = xrealloc (name, nlen - slen + rlen + 1);
+ *pname = name;
+ }
+ memmove (name + rlen, name + slen, nlen - slen + 1);
+ memcpy (name, repl, rlen);
+ }