From 9fe2e5a81b20902cd7dda588b95cd803447dee7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "beard%netscape.com" <beard%netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 03:47:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] plugged a memory leak in GetCString().

---
 xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp b/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
index 0774c785021..c31fb5010a6 100644
--- a/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/io/nsFileSpecMac.cpp
@@ -1131,10 +1131,13 @@ const char* nsFileSpec::GetCString() const
 {
     if (mPath.IsEmpty())
     {
-        const_cast<nsFileSpec*>(this)->mPath
-            = MacFileHelpers::PathNameFromFSSpec(mSpec, true);
-        if (mPath.IsEmpty())
+        char* path = MacFileHelpers::PathNameFromFSSpec(mSpec, true);
+        if (path != NULL) {
+	        const_cast<nsFileSpec*>(this)->mPath = path;	// operator =() copies the string!!!
+	        delete[] path;
+	    } else {
             const_cast<nsFileSpec*>(this)->mError = NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        }
     }
     return mPath;
 }