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toPosixPath

Used to convert a slice to a null terminated slice on the stack.

posix.toPosixPath

pub fn toPosixPath(file_path: []const u8) error

File

lib/std/posix.zig:1678

Code

pub fn toPosixPath(file_path: []const u8) error{NameTooLong}![PATH_MAX - 1:0]u8 {
    if (std.debug.runtime_safety) assert(mem.findScalar(u8, file_path, 0) == null);
    var path_with_null: [PATH_MAX - 1:0]u8 = undefined;
    // >= rather than > to make room for the null byte
    if (file_path.len >= PATH_MAX) return error.NameTooLong;
    @memcpy(path_with_null[0..file_path.len], file_path);
    path_with_null[file_path.len] = 0;
    return path_with_null;
}