Function fetchPassword

src/common/utils.cpp:1006–1025

fetch password from file

// fetch password from file
FetchPassResult fetchPassword(const Firebird::PathName& name, const char*& password)
{
	InputFile file(name);
	if (!file)
	{
		return FETCH_PASS_FILE_OPEN_ERROR;
	}

	Firebird::string pwd;
	if (! pwd.LoadFromFile(file.getStdioFile()))
	{
		return ferror(file.getStdioFile()) ? FETCH_PASS_FILE_READ_ERROR : FETCH_PASS_FILE_EMPTY;
	}

	// this is planned leak of a few bytes of memory in utilities
	char* pass = FB_NEW_POOL(*getDefaultMemoryPool()) char[pwd.length() + 1];
	pwd.copyTo(pass, pwd.length() + 1);
	password = pass;
	return FETCH_PASS_OK;
}