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1 ;;; esh-ext --- commands external to Eshell
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22 (provide 'esh-ext)
24 (eval-when-compile (require 'esh-maint))
26 (defgroup eshell-ext nil
27 "External commands are invoked when operating system executables are
28 loaded into memory, thus beginning a new process."
29 :tag "External commands"
30 :group 'eshell)
32 ;;; Commentary:
34 ;; To force a command to invoked external, either provide an explicit
35 ;; pathname for the command argument, or prefix the command name with
36 ;; an asterix character. Example:
38 ;; grep ; make invoke `grep' Lisp function, or `eshell/grep'
39 ;; /bin/grep ; will definitely invoke /bin/grep
40 ;; *grep ; will also invoke /bin/grep
42 ;;; User Variables:
44 (defcustom eshell-ext-load-hook '(eshell-ext-initialize)
45 "*A hook that gets run when `eshell-ext' is loaded."
46 :type 'hook
47 :group 'eshell-ext)
49 (defcustom eshell-binary-suffixes
50 (if (eshell-under-windows-p)
51 '(".exe" ".com" ".bat" ".cmd" "")
52 '(""))
53 "*A list of suffixes used when searching for executable files."
54 :type '(repeat string)
55 :group 'eshell-ext)
57 (defcustom eshell-force-execution nil
58 "*If non-nil, try to execute binary files regardless of permissions.
59 This can be useful on systems like Windows, where the operating system
60 doesn't happen to honor the permission bits in certain cases; or in
61 cases where you want to associate an interpreter with a particular
62 kind of script file, but the language won't let you but a '#!'
63 interpreter line in the file, and you don't want to make it executable
64 since nothing else but Eshell will be able to understand
65 `eshell-interpreter-alist'."
66 :type 'boolean
67 :group 'eshell-ext)
69 (defun eshell-search-path (name)
70 "Search the environment path for NAME."
71 (if (file-name-absolute-p name)
72 name
73 (let ((list (parse-colon-path (getenv "PATH")))
74 suffixes n1 n2 file)
75 (while list
76 (setq n1 (concat (car list) name))
77 (setq suffixes eshell-binary-suffixes)
78 (while suffixes
79 (setq n2 (concat n1 (car suffixes)))
80 (if (and (or (file-executable-p n2)
81 (and eshell-force-execution
82 (file-readable-p n2)))
83 (not (file-directory-p n2)))
84 (setq file n2 suffixes nil list nil))
85 (setq suffixes (cdr suffixes)))
86 (setq list (cdr list)))
87 file)))
89 (defcustom eshell-windows-shell-file
90 (if (eshell-under-windows-p)
91 (if (string-match "\\(\\`cmdproxy\\|sh\\)\\.\\(com\\|exe\\)"
92 shell-file-name)
93 (or (eshell-search-path "cmd.exe")
94 (eshell-search-path "command.exe"))
95 shell-file-name))
96 "*The name of the shell command to use for DOS/Windows batch files.
97 This defaults to nil on non-Windows systems, where this variable is
98 wholly ignored."
99 :type 'file
100 :group 'eshell-ext)
102 (defsubst eshell-invoke-batch-file (&rest args)
103 "Invoke a .BAT or .CMD file on DOS/Windows systems."
104 ;; since CMD.EXE can't handle forward slashes in the initial
105 ;; argument...
106 (setcar args (subst-char-in-string directory-sep-char ?\\ (car args)))
107 (throw 'eshell-replace-command
108 (eshell-parse-command eshell-windows-shell-file (cons "/c" args))))
110 (defcustom eshell-interpreter-alist
111 (if (eshell-under-windows-p)
112 '(("\\.\\(bat\\|cmd\\)\\'" . eshell-invoke-batch-file)))
113 "*An alist defining interpreter substitutions.
114 Each member is a cons cell of the form:
116 (MATCH . INTERPRETER)
118 MATCH should be a regexp, which is matched against the command name,
119 or a function. If either returns a non-nil value, then INTERPRETER
120 will be used for that command.
122 If INTERPRETER is a string, it will be called as the command name,
123 with the original command name passed as the first argument, with all
124 subsequent arguments following. If INTERPRETER is a function, it will
125 be called with all of those arguments. Note that interpreter
126 functions should throw `eshell-replace-command' with the alternate
127 command form, or they should return a value compatible with the
128 possible return values of `eshell-external-command', which see."
129 :type '(repeat (cons (choice regexp (function :tag "Predicate"))
130 (choice string (function :tag "Interpreter"))))
131 :group 'eshell-ext)
133 (defcustom eshell-alternate-command-hook nil
134 "*A hook run whenever external command lookup fails.
135 If a functions wishes to provide an alternate command, they must throw
136 it using the tag `eshell-replace-command'. This is done because the
137 substituted command need not be external at all, and therefore must be
138 passed up to a higher level for re-evaluation.
140 Or, if the function returns a filename, that filename will be invoked
141 with the current command arguments rather than the command specified
142 by the user on the command line."
143 :type 'hook
144 :group 'eshell-ext)
146 (defcustom eshell-command-interpreter-max-length 256
147 "*The maximum length of any command interpreter string, plus args."
148 :type 'integer
149 :group 'eshell-ext)
151 ;;; Functions:
153 (defun eshell-ext-initialize ()
154 "Initialize the external command handling code."
155 (make-local-hook 'eshell-named-command-hook)
156 (add-hook 'eshell-named-command-hook 'eshell-explicit-command nil t))
158 (defun eshell-explicit-command (command args)
159 "If a command name begins with `*', call it externally always.
160 This bypasses all Lisp functions and aliases."
161 (when (and (> (length command) 1)
162 (eq (aref command 0) ?*))
163 (let ((cmd (eshell-search-path (substring command 1))))
164 (if cmd
165 (or (eshell-external-command cmd args)
166 (error "%s: external command failed" cmd))
167 (error "%s: external command not found"
168 (substring command 1))))))
170 (defun eshell-remote-command (handler command args)
171 "Insert output from a remote COMMAND, using ARGS.
172 A remote command is something that executes on a different machine.
173 An external command simply means external to Emacs.
175 Note that this function is very crude at the moment. It gathers up
176 all the output from the remote command, and sends it all at once,
177 causing the user to wonder if anything's really going on..."
178 (let ((outbuf (generate-new-buffer " *eshell remote output*"))
179 (errbuf (generate-new-buffer " *eshell remote error*"))
180 (exitcode 1))
181 (unwind-protect
182 (progn
183 (setq exitcode
184 (funcall handler 'shell-command
185 (mapconcat 'shell-quote-argument
186 (append (list command) args) " ")
187 outbuf errbuf))
188 (eshell-print (save-excursion (set-buffer outbuf)
189 (buffer-string)))
190 (eshell-error (save-excursion (set-buffer errbuf)
191 (buffer-string))))
192 (eshell-close-handles exitcode 'nil)
193 (kill-buffer outbuf)
194 (kill-buffer errbuf))))
196 (defun eshell-external-command (command args)
197 "Insert output from an external COMMAND, using ARGS."
198 (setq args (eshell-stringify-list (eshell-flatten-list args)))
199 (let ((handler
200 (unless (or (equal default-directory "/")
201 (and (eshell-under-windows-p)
202 (string-match "\\`[A-Za-z]:[/\\\\]\\'"
203 default-directory)))
204 (find-file-name-handler default-directory
205 'shell-command))))
206 (if handler
207 (eshell-remote-command handler command args))
208 (let ((interp (eshell-find-interpreter command)))
209 (assert interp)
210 (if (functionp (car interp))
211 (apply (car interp) (append (cdr interp) args))
212 (eshell-gather-process-output
213 (car interp) (append (cdr interp) args))))))
215 (defun eshell/addpath (&rest args)
216 "Add a set of paths to PATH."
217 (eshell-eval-using-options
218 "addpath" args
219 '((?b "begin" nil prepend "add path element at beginning")
220 (?h "help" nil nil "display this usage message")
221 :usage "[-b] PATH
222 Adds the given PATH to $PATH.")
223 (if args
224 (progn
225 (if prepend
226 (setq args (nreverse args)))
227 (while args
228 (setenv "PATH"
229 (if prepend
230 (concat (car args) path-separator
231 (getenv "PATH"))
232 (concat (getenv "PATH") path-separator
233 (car args))))
234 (setq args (cdr args))))
235 (let ((paths (parse-colon-path (getenv "PATH"))))
236 (while paths
237 (eshell-printn (car paths))
238 (setq paths (cdr paths)))))))
240 (defun eshell-script-interpreter (file)
241 "Extract the script to run from FILE, if it has #!<interp> in it.
242 Return nil, or a list of the form:
244 (INTERPRETER [ARGS] FILE)"
245 (let ((maxlen eshell-command-interpreter-max-length))
246 (if (and (file-readable-p file)
247 (file-regular-p file))
248 (with-temp-buffer
249 (insert-file-contents-literally file nil 0 maxlen)
250 (if (looking-at "#!\\([^ \t\n]+\\)\\([ \t]+\\(.+\\)\\)?")
251 (if (match-string 3)
252 (list (match-string 1)
253 (match-string 3)
254 file)
255 (list (match-string 1)
256 file)))))))
258 (defun eshell-find-interpreter (file &optional no-examine-p)
259 "Find the command interpreter with which to execute FILE.
260 If NO-EXAMINE-P is non-nil, FILE will not be inspected for a script
261 line of the form #!<interp>."
262 (let ((finterp
263 (catch 'found
264 (ignore
265 (eshell-for possible eshell-interpreter-alist
266 (cond
267 ((functionp (car possible))
268 (and (funcall (car possible) file)
269 (throw 'found (cdr possible))))
270 ((stringp (car possible))
271 (and (string-match (car possible) file)
272 (throw 'found (cdr possible))))
274 (error "Invalid interpreter-alist test"))))))))
275 (if finterp ; first check
276 (list finterp file)
277 (let ((fullname (if (file-name-directory file) file
278 (eshell-search-path file)))
279 (suffixes eshell-binary-suffixes))
280 (if (and fullname (not (or eshell-force-execution
281 (file-executable-p fullname))))
282 (while suffixes
283 (let ((try (concat fullname (car suffixes))))
284 (if (or (file-executable-p try)
285 (and eshell-force-execution
286 (file-readable-p try)))
287 (setq fullname try suffixes nil)
288 (setq suffixes (cdr suffixes))))))
289 (cond ((not (and fullname (file-exists-p fullname)))
290 (let ((name (or fullname file)))
291 (unless (setq fullname
292 (run-hook-with-args-until-success
293 'eshell-alternate-command-hook file))
294 (error "%s: command not found" name))))
295 ((not (or eshell-force-execution
296 (file-executable-p fullname)))
297 (error "%s: Permission denied" fullname)))
298 (let (interp)
299 (unless no-examine-p
300 (setq interp (eshell-script-interpreter fullname))
301 (if interp
302 (setq interp
303 (cons (car (eshell-find-interpreter (car interp) t))
304 (cdr interp)))))
305 (or interp (list fullname)))))))
307 ;;; Code:
309 ;;; esh-ext.el ends here