posix/execlp.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991,93,96,97,98,99,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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   8
   9    The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  11    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  12    Lesser General Public License for more details.
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  14    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  15    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
  16    Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
  17    02111-1307 USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <alloca.h>
  20 #include <unistd.h>
  21 #include <stdarg.h>
  22 #include <stddef.h>
  23 #include <string.h>
  24
  25 #include <stackinfo.h>
  26
  27 /* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if
  28    it contains no slashes, with all arguments after FILE until a
  29    NULL pointer and environment from `environ'.  */
  30 int
  31 execlp (const char *file, const char *arg, ...)
  32 {
  33   size_t argv_max = 1024;
  34   const char **argv = alloca (argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
  35   unsigned int i;
  36   va_list args;
  37
  38   argv[0] = arg;
  39
  40   va_start (args, arg);
  41   i = 0;
  42   while (argv[i++] != NULL)
  43     {
  44       if (i == argv_max)
  45         {
  46           const char **nptr = alloca ((argv_max *= 2) * sizeof (const char *));
  47
  48 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_UP
  49           if ((char *) nptr + argv_max == (char *) argv)
  50             {
  51               /* Stack grows down.  */
  52               argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
  53                                              i * sizeof (const char *));
  54               argv_max += i;
  55             }
  56           else
  57 #endif
  58 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
  59             if ((char *) argv + i == (char *) nptr)
  60             /* Stack grows up.  */
  61             argv_max += i;
  62           else
  63 #endif
  64             /* We have a hole in the stack.  */
  65             argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
  66                                            i * sizeof (const char *));
  67         }
  68
  69       argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
  70     }
  71   va_end (args);
  72
  73   return execvp (file, (char *const *) argv);
  74 }
  75 libc_hidden_def (execlp)