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1 /* Find path of executable.
2 Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Library General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 /* Generally it is not possible to implement this. We have to fall
22 back on a solution where the user provides the information. */
23 extern const char *_dl_origin_path;
25 static inline const char *
26 get_origin (void)
28 char *result = (char *) -1;
29 /* We use the environment variable LD_ORIGIN_PATH. If it is set make
30 a copy and strip out trailing slashes. */
31 if (_dl_origin_path != NULL)
33 size_t len = strlen (_dl_origin_path);
34 result = malloc (len + 1);
35 if (result == NULL)
36 result = (char *) -1;
37 else
39 char *cp = __mempcpy (result, _dl_origin_path, len);
40 while (cp > result + 1 && cp[-1] == '/')
41 --cp;
42 *cp = '\0';
46 return result;