lib/globfree.c

/* Frees the dynamically allocated storage from an earlier call to glob.
   Copyright (C) 2017-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#ifndef _LIBC
# include <libc-config.h>
#endif

#include <glob.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* Free storage allocated in PGLOB by a previous `glob' call.  */
void
globfree (glob_t *pglob)
{
  if (pglob->gl_pathv != NULL)
    {
      for (size_t i = 0; i < pglob->gl_pathc; ++i)
        free (pglob->gl_pathv[pglob->gl_offs + i]);
      free (pglob->gl_pathv);
      pglob->gl_pathv = NULL;
    }
}
#ifndef globfree
libc_hidden_def (globfree)
#endif