/* $Id: RTPathAbsExDup.cpp 21673 2009-07-17 12:10:10Z vboxsync $ */
/** @file
 * IPRT - RTPathAbsExDup
 */

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*   Header Files                                                               *
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#include "internal/iprt.h"
#include <iprt/path.h>
#include <iprt/err.h>
#include <iprt/param.h>
#include <iprt/string.h>



/**
 * Same as RTPathAbsEx only the result is RTStrDup()'ed.
 *
 * @returns Pointer to the absolute path. Use RTStrFree() to free this string.
 * @returns NULL if RTPathAbsEx() or RTStrDup() fails.
 * @param   pszBase         The base path to act like a current directory.
 *                          When NULL, the actual cwd is used (i.e. the call
 *                          is equivalent to RTPathAbs(pszPath, ...).
 * @param   pszPath         The path to resolve.
 */
RTDECL(char *) RTPathAbsExDup(const char *pszBase, const char *pszPath)
{
    char szPath[RTPATH_MAX];
    int rc = RTPathAbsEx(pszBase, pszPath, szPath, sizeof(szPath));
    if (RT_SUCCESS(rc))
        return RTStrDup(szPath);
    return NULL;
}