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.\" @(#)getcwd.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/getcwd.3,v 1.16 2003/09/08 19:57:14 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 24, 1997
+.Dd April 17, 2010
.Dt GETCWD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Fa buf
is
.Dv NULL ,
-space is allocated as necessary to store the pathname.
+space is allocated as necessary to store the pathname and
+.Fa size
+is ignored.
This space may later be
.Xr free 3 Ns 'd .
.Pp
function
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
-.It Bq Er EACCES
-Read or search permission was denied for a component of the pathname.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The
.Fa size
argument is greater than zero but smaller than the length of the pathname
plus 1.
.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn getcwd
+function
+may fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+Read or search permission was denied for a component of the pathname.
+This is only checked in limited cases, depending on implementation details.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chdir 2 ,
.Xr fchdir 2 ,