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readlink.2: Post-merge reworking of text 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-02-21 10:48:18 +01:00
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@ -239,10 +239,14 @@ value returned by a call to
on the link.
However, the number of bytes written by
.BR readlink ()
and
.BR readlinkat ()
should be checked to make sure that the size of the
symbolic link did not increase between the calls.
Dynamically allocating the buffer for
.BR readlink ()
and
.BR readlinkat ()
also addresses a common portability problem when using
.I PATH_MAX
for the buffer size,