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Listing 1 GetFullPathNameW bug demonstration
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#define NUM_ELEMENTS(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
void gfp_a()
{
char sz[_MAX_PATH + 1];
char *lpFilePart;
GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, sz, NUM_ELEMENTS(sz));
printf("ANSI: ");
GetFullPathNameA(sz, NUM_ELEMENTS(sz), sz, &lpFilePart);
printf("%s\n", sz);
}
void gfp_w()
{
wchar_t sz[_MAX_PATH + 1];
wchar_t *lpFilePart;
GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, sz, NUM_ELEMENTS(sz));
wprintf(L"Unicode: ");
GetFullPathNameW(sz, NUM_ELEMENTS(sz), sz, &lpFilePart);
wprintf(L"%s\n", sz);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
gfp_a();
gfp_w();
return 0;
}
