GetCurrentWorkingDirectory.cpp

/*

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*/

#include "GetCurrentWorkingDirectory.hpp"

#include <cstdlib>
#include <cerrno>

#include "Exception.hpp"

std::string GetCurrentWorkingDirectory()
{
    size_t bufsize = 1000;
    char* p_buffer = NULL;
    while (true)
    {
        p_buffer = (char*) malloc(bufsize);
        if (!p_buffer)
        {
#define COVERAGE_IGNORE
            // Rather a tricky one to cover...
            EXCEPTION("Run out of memory to allocate CWD buffer");
#undef COVERAGE_IGNORE
        }
        if (getcwd(p_buffer, bufsize) == p_buffer)
        {
            break;
        }
#define COVERAGE_IGNORE
        // Also rather a tricky one to cover...
        else
        {
            free(p_buffer);
            if (errno != ERANGE)
            {
                EXCEPTION("Unable to determine current working directory");
            }
            bufsize *= 2;
        }
#undef COVERAGE_IGNORE
    }

    std::string cwd(p_buffer);
    free(p_buffer);
    return cwd;
}