file-truename now uses realpath for local files

This uses fewer syscalls on GNU/Linux and other GNUish platforms.
* lisp/files.el (file-truename): Try fileio--truename
if there are no handlers.
* src/fileio.c: Include stdlib.h, for realpath.
(Ffileio__truename): New function.

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 968a55e5956..adf2f3d9705 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include <config.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "sysstdio.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -2693,6 +2694,46 @@ file_name_absolute_p (char const *filename)
               && (!filename[1] || IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (filename[1])
                   || user_homedir (&filename[1]))));
 }
+
+DEFUN ("fileio--truename", Ffileio__truename, Sfileio__truename, 1, 1, 0,
+       doc: /* Return the true name of FILENAME, without file name handlers.
+
+The returned string is an absolute file name that does not involve
+\".\", \"..\", or symbolic links.  Signal an error if FILENAME does
+not exist or if its true name cannot be determined.  */)
+     (Lisp_Object filename)
+{
+  CHECK_STRING (filename);
+  Lisp_Object absname = Fexpand_file_name (filename, Qnil);
+  Lisp_Object encoded_absname = ENCODE_FILE (absname);
+  ptrdiff_t encoded_len = SBYTES (encoded_absname);
+  char *encoded = SSDATA (encoded_absname);
+  bool append_slash = (1 < encoded_len
+                       && IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (encoded[encoded_len - 1])
+                       && !IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (encoded[encoded_len - 2]));
+  char *truename = realpath (encoded, NULL);
+  if (!truename)
+    report_file_error ("Deriving truename", filename);
+  ptrdiff_t truename_len = strlen (truename);
+  if (truename_len == encoded_len - append_slash
+      && memcmp (truename, encoded, truename_len) == 0)
+    {
+      /* ABSNAME is already the true name.  */
+      xfree (truename);
+      return absname;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (append_slash)
+        {
+          truename = xrealloc (truename, truename_len + 2);
+          strcpy (truename + truename_len, "/");
+        }
+      Lisp_Object unibyte_truename = build_unibyte_string (truename);
+      xfree (truename);
+      return DECODE_FILE (unibyte_truename);
+    }
+}
 
 DEFUN ("file-exists-p", Ffile_exists_p, Sfile_exists_p, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you can read it).
@@ -6428,6 +6469,7 @@ This includes interactive calls to `delete-file' and
   defsubr (&Sadd_name_to_file);
   defsubr (&Smake_symbolic_link);
   defsubr (&Sfile_name_absolute_p);
+  defsubr (&Sfileio__truename);
   defsubr (&Sfile_exists_p);
   defsubr (&Sfile_executable_p);
   defsubr (&Sfile_readable_p);