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authorrsc <devnull@localhost>2003-12-11 17:50:28 +0000
committerrsc <devnull@localhost>2003-12-11 17:50:28 +0000
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+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+/*
+ * Absent other hints, it works reasonably well to use
+ * the X11 display name as the name space identifier.
+ * This is how sam's B has worked since the early days.
+ * Since most programs using name spaces are also using X,
+ * this still seems reasonable. Terminal-only sessions
+ * can set $NAMESPACE.
+ */
+static char*
+nsfromdisplay(void)
+{
+ int fd;
+ Dir *d;
+ char *disp, *p;
+
+ if((disp = getenv("DISPLAY")) == nil){
+ werrstr("$DISPLAY not set");
+ return nil;
+ }
+
+ /* canonicalize: xxx:0.0 => xxx:0 */
+ p = strrchr(disp, ':');
+ if(p){
+ p++;
+ while(isdigit((uchar)*p))
+ p++;
+ if(strcmp(p, ".0") == 0)
+ *p = 0;
+ }
+
+ p = smprint("/tmp/ns.%s.%s", getuser(), disp);
+ free(disp);
+ if(p == nil){
+ werrstr("out of memory");
+ return p;
+ }
+ if((fd=create(p, OREAD, DMDIR|0700)) >= 0){
+ close(fd);
+ return p;
+ }
+ if((d = dirstat(p)) == nil){
+ free(d);
+ werrstr("stat %s: %r", p);
+ free(p);
+ return nil;
+ }
+ if((d->mode&0777) != 0700 || strcmp(d->uid, getuser()) != 0){
+ werrstr("bad name space dir %s", p);
+ free(p);
+ free(d);
+ return nil;
+ }
+ free(d);
+ return p;
+}
+
+char*
+getns(void)
+{
+ char *ns;
+
+ ns = getenv("NAMESPACE");
+ if(ns == nil)
+ ns = nsfromdisplay();
+ if(ns == nil){
+ werrstr("$NAMESPACE not set, %r");
+ return nil;
+ }
+ return ns;
+}