about summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/src/libutil/util.hh
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-07-12T12·01+0200
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-07-12T12·03+0200
commitaeb810b01e17d040f9592681ee271f15874dce50 (patch)
treefbf5e93aeb43f6b900f4c813ea5655385b041bdf /src/libutil/util.hh
parent25a00cae5bf702b9e844b05923a9c59de9df6788 (diff)
Garbage collector: Don't follow symlinks arbitrarily
Only indirect roots (symlinks to symlinks to the Nix store) are now
supported.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libutil/util.hh')
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 9caab4aa1067..6c83987c5d46 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Path dirOf(const Path & path);
    following the final `/'. */
 string baseNameOf(const Path & path);
 
+/* Check whether a given path is a descendant of the given
+   directory. */
+bool isInDir(const Path & path, const Path & dir);
+
 /* Get status of `path'. */
 struct stat lstat(const Path & path);