From: drh <>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:57:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improved implementation of realpath() in the fileio.c extension that does not require
X-Git-Tag: version-3.52.0~43
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95fe5b9c38ca5700c21b8c3e6eee9dcaad4a0fa1;p=thirdparty%2Fsqlite.git

Improved implementation of realpath() in the fileio.c extension that does not require
the last element of the path to actually exist.

FossilOrigin-Name: 4df4999484d9008d8af3c9c340810e0cf5f57161ba053ed5501276b450577039
---

diff --git a/ext/misc/fileio.c b/ext/misc/fileio.c
index 876b397c70..e103d42332 100644
--- a/ext/misc/fileio.c
+++ b/ext/misc/fileio.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ SQLITE_EXTENSION_INIT1
 #  include <utime.h>
 #  include <sys/time.h>
 #  define STRUCT_STAT struct stat
+#  include <limits.h>
+#  include <stdlib.h>
 #else
 #  include "windirent.h"
 #  include <direct.h>
@@ -1055,26 +1057,20 @@ static int fsdirRegister(sqlite3 *db){
 #endif
 
 /*
-** The realpath() C-language function, implemented as an SQL function.
+** This version of realpath() works on any system.  The string
+** returned is held in memory allocated using sqlite3_malloc64().
+** The caller is responsible for calling sqlite3_free().
 */
-static void realpathFunc(
-  sqlite3_context *context,
-  int argc,
-  sqlite3_value **argv
-){
+static char *portable_realpath(const char *zPath){
 #if !defined(_WIN32)       /* BEGIN unix */
 
-  const char *zPath;       /* Input */
   char *zOut = 0;          /* Result */
-  char *z = 0;             /* Temporary buffer */
+  char *z;                 /* Temporary buffer */
 #if defined(PATH_MAX)
   char zBuf[PATH_MAX+1];   /* Space for the temporary buffer */
 #endif
 
-  (void)argc;
-  zPath = (const char*)sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
-  if( zPath==0 ) return;
-
+  if( zPath==0 ) return 0;
 #if defined(PATH_MAX)
   z = realpath(zPath, zBuf);
   if( z ){
@@ -1089,36 +1085,81 @@ static void realpathFunc(
       free(z);
     }
   }
+  return zOut;
 
 #else /* End UNIX, Begin WINDOWS */
 
-  const char *zPath;       /* Input */
   wchar_t *zPath16;        /* UTF16 translation of zPath */
   char *zOut = 0;          /* Result */
   wchar_t *z = 0;          /* Temporary buffer */
 
-  (void)argc;
-  zPath = (const char*)sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
-  if( zPath==0 ) return;
+  if( zPath==0 ) return 0;
 
   zPath16 = sqlite3_win32_utf8_to_unicode(zPath);
-  if( zPath16==0 ) return;
+  if( zPath16==0 ) return 0;
   z = _wfullpath(NULL, zPath16, 0);
   sqlite3_free(zPath16);
-  if( z==0 ){
-    sqlite3_result_error(context, "unable to resolve path", -1);
-    return;
+  if( z ){
+    zOut = sqlite3_win32_unicode_to_utf8(z);
+    free(z);
   }
-  zOut = sqlite3_win32_unicode_to_utf8(z);
-  free(z);
+  return zOut;
 
 #endif /* End WINDOWS, Begin common code */
+}
 
-  if( zOut==0 ){
-    sqlite3_result_error(context, "unable to resolve path", -1);
-    return;
+/*
+** SQL function:   realpath(X)
+**
+** Try to convert file or pathname X into its real, absolute pathname.
+** Return NULL if unable.
+**
+** The file X is not required to exist.  However, if any directory
+** in the path to X does not exist, then the function returns NULL.
+*/
+static void realpathFunc(
+  sqlite3_context *context,
+  int argc,
+  sqlite3_value **argv
+){
+  const char *zPath;
+  char *zOut;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  const int isWin = 1;
+#else
+  const int isWin = 0;
+#endif
+
+  (void)argc;
+  zPath = (const char*)sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
+  if( zPath==0 ) return;
+  if( zPath[0]==0 ) zPath = ".";
+  zOut = portable_realpath(zPath);
+  if( zOut==0
+   && (strchr(zPath,'/') || (isWin && strchr(zPath,'\\')))
+  ){
+    char *zCopy = sqlite3_mprintf("%s", zPath);
+    size_t i;
+    char cSep = 0;
+    if( zCopy==0 ) return;
+    for(i = strlen(zCopy) - 1; i>0; i--){
+      if( zCopy[i]=='/' || (isWin && zCopy[i]=='\\') ){
+        cSep = zCopy[i];
+        zCopy[i] = 0;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if( cSep ){
+      zOut = portable_realpath(zCopy);
+      if( zOut ){
+        zOut = sqlite3_mprintf("%z%c%s",zOut,cSep,&zCopy[i+1]);
+      }
+    }
+    sqlite3_free(zCopy);
+  }
+  if( zOut ){
+    sqlite3_result_text(context, zOut, -1, sqlite3_free);
   }
-  sqlite3_result_text(context, zOut, -1, sqlite3_free);
 }
 
 
@@ -1153,6 +1194,5 @@ int sqlite3_fileio_init(
                                  SQLITE_UTF8, 0,
                                  realpathFunc, 0, 0);
   }
-
   return rc;
 }
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 93d063c618..f368ebcd13 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Add\sthe\srealpath()\sSQL\sfunction\sto\sthe\sfileio.c\sextension.\s\sAnd\sclean\sup\nthe\sUTF8\shandling\son\sthe\sWindows\sside\sof\sthat\sextension\swhile\swe\sare\sat\sit.
-D 2026-02-22T20:44:52.610
+C Improved\simplementation\sof\srealpath()\sin\sthe\sfileio.c\sextension\sthat\sdoes\snot\srequire\nthe\slast\selement\sof\sthe\spath\sto\sactually\sexist.
+D 2026-02-23T00:57:00.749
 F .fossil-settings/binary-glob 61195414528fb3ea9693577e1980230d78a1f8b0a54c78cf1b9b24d0a409ed6a x
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
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@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ F ext/misc/dbdump.c 678f1b9ae2317b4473f65d03132a2482c3f4b08920799ed80feedd2941a0
 F ext/misc/decimal.c e1da22eee70d7e3eaa99a6b761bc03c4d01d7ffa554bf3178b1f1f184932806c
 F ext/misc/eval.c 04bc9aada78c888394204b4ed996ab834b99726fb59603b0ee3ed6e049755dc1
 F ext/misc/explain.c 606100185fb90d6a1eade1ed0414d53503c86820d8956a06e3b0a56291894f2b
-F ext/misc/fileio.c 6bbde149252e989fce657bfba66754dd7c545311546292cf33976e6b455a658c
+F ext/misc/fileio.c 43f44347a4b70d22a7c1a68f799dc4ec4c58e39d84f04cebc6f669c6eadcb09b
 F ext/misc/fossildelta.c 86dfa83f85f7ccd640591d8a5c6865346d0c2ee6a949d78591eceb892f1cbfec
 F ext/misc/fuzzer.c 6b231352815304ba60d8e9ec2ee73d4918e74d9b76bda8940ba2b64e8777515e
 F ext/misc/ieee754.c 2901d08a586d00a1d3c0fd89e03c57ee9e2b5f013b0daab9e49c7a48a9d5946b
@@ -2195,8 +2195,8 @@ F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee
 F tool/warnings.sh d924598cf2f55a4ecbc2aeb055c10bd5f48114793e7ba25f9585435da29e7e98
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
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-Z 7731fd8c09c5128d6fba3a643ba9f80c
+Z 730476000580ff31324acec73800a8e3
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 4077fe2836..dbb7963f69 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8bb8941930378b436f1353603be194644568b55fe347475be0caddddad40efa3
+4df4999484d9008d8af3c9c340810e0cf5f57161ba053ed5501276b450577039