name_len = HDstrlen(name) + 1;
if(NULL == (new_name = (char *)H5MM_malloc(name_len)))
HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_INTERNAL, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed")
* Windows: name[0-1] is "<drive-letter>:"
* Get current working directory on the drive specified in NAME
if(H5_CHECK_ABS_DRIVE(name)) {
drive = name[0] - 'A' + 1;
drive = HDtoupper(name[0]) - 'A' + 1;
retcwd = HDgetdcwd(drive, cwdpath, MAX_PATH_LEN);
HDstrncpy(new_name, &name[2], name_len);
* Windows: name[0] is a '/' or '\'
else if(H5_CHECK_ABS_PATH(name) && (0 != (drive = HDgetdrive()))) {
HDsnprintf(cwdpath, MAX_PATH_LEN, "%c:%c", (drive + 'A' - 1), name[0]);
path1_len = HDstrlen(path1);
path2_len = HDstrlen(path2);
if(*path1 == '\0' || H5_CHECK_ABSOLUTE(path2)) {
/* If path1 is empty or path2 is absolute, simply use path2 */
if(NULL == (*full_name = (char *)H5MM_strdup(path2)))
HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed")
else if(H5_CHECK_ABS_PATH(path2)) {
/* On windows path2 is a path absolute name */
if (H5_CHECK_ABSOLUTE(path1) || H5_CHECK_ABS_DRIVE(path1)) {
/* path1 is absolute or drive absolute and path2 is path absolute.
* Use the drive letter of path1 + path2
if(NULL == (*full_name = (char *)H5MM_malloc(path2_len + 3)))
HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "unable to allocate path2 buffer")
HDsnprintf(*full_name, (path2_len + 3), "%c:%s", path1[0], path2);