1999-10-06 Thomas Bushnell, BSG <tb@mit.edu>

	* lookup.c (diskfs_lookup): NAME is no longer const.  Update
	documentation Strip leading and trailing slashes from NAME before
	using it.
	* diskfs.h (diskfs_lookup): NAME is no longer const.
	Update documentation.

1999-10-05  Thomas Bushnell, BSG  <tb@mit.edu>

	* priv.h (CHANGE_NODE_FIELD): Use diskfs_check_readonly instead of
	directly reading diskfs_readonly.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libdiskfs/diskfs.h b/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
index 73c55faf..65452c60 100644
--- a/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
+++ b/libdiskfs/diskfs.h
@@ -643,6 +643,11 @@ struct node *diskfs_make_node (struct disknode *dn);
    either be LOOKUP, CREATE, RENAME, or REMOVE.  CRED identifies the
    user making the call.
 
+   NAME will have leading and trailing slashes stripped.  It is an
+   error if there are internal slashes.  NAME will be modified in
+   place if there are slashes in it; it is therefore an error to
+   specify a constant NAME which contains slashes.
+
    If the name is found, return zero, and (if NP is nonzero) set *NP
    to point to the node for it, locked.  If the name is not found,
    return ENOENT, and (if NP is nonzero) set *NP to zero.  If NP is
@@ -685,7 +690,7 @@ struct node *diskfs_make_node (struct disknode *dn);
    This function is a wrapper for diskfs_lookup_hard.
 */
 error_t diskfs_lookup (struct node *dp,
-		       const char *name, enum lookup_type type,
+		       char *name, enum lookup_type type,
 		       struct node **np, struct dirstat *ds,
 		       struct protid *cred);