1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
29 execute (const char *file, char *const argv[])
35 /* The file is accessible but it is not an executable file.
36 Invoke the shell to interpret it as a script. */
38 /* Count the arguments. */
43 /* Construct an argument list for the shell. */
45 char *new_argv[argc + 1];
46 new_argv[0] = (char *) _PATH_BSHELL;
47 new_argv[1] = (char *) file;
50 new_argv[argc] = argv[argc - 1];
54 /* Execute the shell. */
55 execv (new_argv[0], new_argv);
61 /* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if it contains
62 no slashes, with arguments ARGV and environment from `environ'. */
72 /* We check the simple case first. */
77 if (strchr (file, '/') != NULL)
78 /* Don't search when it contains a slash. */
82 char *path, *p, *name;
85 path = getenv ("PATH");
88 /* There is no `PATH' in the environment.
89 The default search path is the current directory
90 followed by the path `confstr' returns for `_CS_PATH'. */
91 len = confstr (_CS_PATH, (char *) NULL, 0);
92 path = (char *) __alloca (1 + len);
94 (void) confstr (_CS_PATH, path + 1, len);
97 len = strlen (file) + 1;
98 name = __alloca (strlen (path) + len);
103 p = strchr (path, ':');
105 p = strchr (path, '\0');
108 /* Two adjacent colons, or a colon at the beginning or the end
109 of `PATH' means to search the current directory. */
110 (void) memcpy (name, file, len);
113 /* Construct the pathname to try. */
114 char *tmp = __mempcpy (name, path, p - path);
116 (void) __mempcpy (tmp, file, len);
119 /* Try to execute this name. If it works, execv will not return. */
120 execute (name, argv);
125 /* Record the we got a `Permission denied' error. If we end
126 up finding no executable we can use, we want to diagnose
127 that we did find one but were denied access. */
132 /* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
133 by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
138 /* Some other error means we found an executable file, but
139 something went wrong executing it; return the error to our
144 while (*p++ != '\0');
147 /* We tried every element and none of them worked. */
150 /* At least one failure was due to permissions, so report that error. */
151 __set_errno (EACCES);
153 /* Return the error from the last attempt (probably ENOENT). */