pathaccess.c   [plain text]

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#pragma prototyped
/*
 * Glenn Fowler
 * AT&T Bell Laboratories
 *
 * return path to file a/b with access mode using : separated dirs
 * both a and b may be 0
 * if a==".." then relative paths in dirs are ignored
 * if (mode&PATH_REGULAR) then path must not be a directory
 * if (mode&PATH_ABSOLUTE) then path must be rooted
 * path returned in path buffer
 */

#include <ast.h>

char*
pathaccess(register char* path, register const char* dirs, const char* a, const char* b, register int mode)
{
	int		sib = a && a[0] == '.' && a[1] == '.' && a[2] == 0;
	int		sep = ':';
	char		cwd[PATH_MAX];

	do
	{
		dirs = pathcat(path, dirs, sep, a, b);
		pathcanon(path, 0);
		if ((!sib || *path == '/') && pathexists(path, mode))
		{
			if (*path == '/' || !(mode & PATH_ABSOLUTE))
				return path;
			dirs = getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
			sep = 0;
		}
	} while (dirs);
	return 0;
}