From 4a6237114063e9cc3d7a3b544f9477d93738c1a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rsc <devnull@localhost>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:33:59 +0000
Subject: Add searchpath().

---
 src/lib9/mkfile       |  1 +
 src/lib9/searchpath.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib9/searchpath.c

(limited to 'src/lib9')

diff --git a/src/lib9/mkfile b/src/lib9/mkfile
index 34faf95c..361ab5b7 100644
--- a/src/lib9/mkfile
+++ b/src/lib9/mkfile
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ LIB9OFILES=\
 	read9pmsg.$O\
 	readn.$O\
 	rfork.$O\
+	searchpath.$O\
 	seek.$O\
 	sendfd.$O\
 	sleep.$O\
diff --git a/src/lib9/searchpath.c b/src/lib9/searchpath.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b8e7daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib9/searchpath.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+/*
+ * Search $PATH for an executable with the given name.
+ * Like in rc, mid-name slashes do not disable search.
+ * Should probably handle escaped colons,
+ * but I don't know what the syntax is.
+ */
+char*
+searchpath(char *name)
+{
+	char *path, *p, *next;
+	char *s, *ss;
+	int ns, l;
+
+	s = nil;
+	ns = 0;
+	if((name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '/')
+	|| (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.' && name[2] == '/')
+	|| (name[0] == '/')){
+		if(access(name, AEXEC) >= 0)
+			return strdup(name);
+		return nil;
+	}
+
+	path = getenv("PATH");
+	for(p=path; p && *p; p=next){
+		if((next = strchr(p, ':')) != nil)
+			*next++ = 0;
+		if(*p == 0){
+			if(access(name, AEXEC) >= 0){
+				free(s);
+				free(path);
+				return strdup(name);
+			}
+		}else{
+			l = strlen(p)+1+strlen(name)+1;
+			if(l > ns){
+				ss = realloc(s, l);
+				if(ss == nil){
+					free(s);
+					free(path);
+					return nil;
+				}
+				s = ss;
+				ns = l;
+			}
+			strcpy(s, p);
+			strcat(s, "/");
+			strcat(s, name);
+			if(access(s, AEXEC) >= 0){
+				free(path);
+				return s;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	free(s);
+	free(path);
+	return nil;
+}
+
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