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Diffstat (limited to 'run-command.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | run-command.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index 2ffbd7e67b..9e36151bf9 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ int is_executable(const char *name) return st.st_mode & S_IXUSR; } +/* + * Search $PATH for a command. This emulates the path search that + * execvp would perform, without actually executing the command so it + * can be used before fork() to prepare to run a command using + * execve() or after execvp() to diagnose why it failed. + * + * The caller should ensure that file contains no directory + * separators. + * + * Returns the path to the command, as found in $PATH or NULL if the + * command could not be found. The caller inherits ownership of the memory + * used to store the resultant path. + * + * This should not be used on Windows, where the $PATH search rules + * are more complicated (e.g., a search for "foo" should find + * "foo.exe"). + */ static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file) { const char *p = getenv("PATH"); @@ -179,7 +196,7 @@ static char *locate_in_PATH(const char *file) } strbuf_addstr(&buf, file); - if (!access(buf.buf, F_OK)) + if (is_executable(buf.buf)) return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL); if (!*end) |