2 Provides a functions for working with shell.
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8 Slava Zanko <slavazanko@gmail.com>, 2015.
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27 * \brief Source: provides a functions for working with shell.
32 #include <pwd.h> /* for username in xterm title */
40 /*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
42 /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
44 /*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
46 /*** forward declarations (file scope functions) *************************************************/
48 /*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
50 static char rp_shell
[PATH_MAX
];
52 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
53 /*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/
54 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
58 * @return newly allocated mc_shell_t object with shell name
62 mc_shell_get_installed_in_system (void)
66 mc_shell
= g_new0 (mc_shell_t
, 1);
68 /* 3rd choice: look for existing shells supported as MC subshells. */
69 if (access ("/bin/bash", X_OK
) == 0)
70 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/bash");
71 else if (access ("/bin/ash", X_OK
) == 0)
72 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/ash");
73 else if (access ("/bin/dash", X_OK
) == 0)
74 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/dash");
75 else if (access ("/bin/busybox", X_OK
) == 0)
76 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/busybox");
77 else if (access ("/bin/zsh", X_OK
) == 0)
78 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/zsh");
79 else if (access ("/bin/tcsh", X_OK
) == 0)
80 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/tcsh");
81 else if (access ("/bin/csh", X_OK
) == 0)
82 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/csh");
83 /* No fish as fallback because it is so much different from other shells and
84 * in a way exotic (even though user-friendly by name) that we should not
85 * present it as a subshell without the user's explicit intention. We rather
86 * will not use a subshell but just a command line.
87 * else if (access("/bin/fish", X_OK) == 0)
88 * mc_global.tty.shell = g_strdup ("/bin/fish");
91 /* Fallback and last resort: system default shell */
92 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/sh");
97 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
100 mc_shell_get_name_env (void)
102 const char *shell_env
;
103 char *shell_name
= NULL
;
105 shell_env
= g_getenv ("SHELL");
106 if ((shell_env
== NULL
) || (shell_env
[0] == '\0'))
108 /* 2nd choice: user login shell */
111 pwd
= getpwuid (geteuid ());
113 shell_name
= g_strdup (pwd
->pw_shell
);
116 /* 1st choice: SHELL environment variable */
117 shell_name
= g_strdup (shell_env
);
122 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
125 mc_shell_get_from_env (void)
127 mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
= NULL
;
131 shell_name
= mc_shell_get_name_env ();
133 if (shell_name
!= NULL
)
135 mc_shell
= g_new0 (mc_shell_t
, 1);
136 mc_shell
->path
= shell_name
;
142 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
145 mc_shell_recognize_real_path (mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
)
147 if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/zsh") != NULL
|| strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/zsh") != NULL
148 || getenv ("ZSH_VERSION") != NULL
)
150 /* Also detects ksh symlinked to zsh */
151 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ZSH
;
152 mc_shell
->name
= "zsh";
154 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/tcsh") != NULL
155 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/tcsh") != NULL
)
157 /* Also detects csh symlinked to tcsh */
158 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_TCSH
;
159 mc_shell
->name
= "tcsh";
161 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/csh") != NULL
162 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/csh") != NULL
)
164 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_TCSH
;
165 mc_shell
->name
= "csh";
167 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/fish") != NULL
168 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/fish") != NULL
)
170 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_FISH
;
171 mc_shell
->name
= "fish";
173 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/dash") != NULL
174 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/dash") != NULL
)
176 /* Debian ash (also found if symlinked to by ash/sh) */
177 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_DASH
;
178 mc_shell
->name
= "dash";
180 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/busybox") != NULL
)
182 /* If shell is symlinked to busybox, assume it is an ash, even though theoretically
183 * it could also be a hush (a mini shell for non-MMU systems deactivated by default).
184 * For simplicity's sake we assume that busybox always contains an ash, not a hush.
185 * On embedded platforms or on server systems, /bin/sh often points to busybox.
186 * Sometimes even bash is symlinked to busybox (CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_ASH option),
187 * so we need to check busybox symlinks *before* checking for the name "bash"
188 * in order to avoid that case. */
189 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX
;
190 mc_shell
->name
= mc_shell
->path
;
193 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_NONE
;
196 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
199 mc_shell_recognize_path (mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
)
201 /* If shell is not symlinked to busybox, it is safe to assume it is a real shell */
202 if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/bash") != NULL
|| getenv ("BASH") != NULL
)
204 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_BASH
;
205 mc_shell
->name
= "bash";
207 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/sh") != NULL
|| getenv ("SH") != NULL
)
209 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_SH
;
210 mc_shell
->name
= "sh";
212 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/ash") != NULL
|| getenv ("ASH") != NULL
)
214 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX
;
215 mc_shell
->name
= "ash";
218 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_NONE
;
221 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
222 /*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
223 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
228 mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
;
230 mc_shell
= mc_shell_get_from_env ();
232 if (mc_shell
== NULL
)
233 mc_shell
= mc_shell_get_installed_in_system ();
235 mc_shell
->real_path
= mc_realpath (mc_shell
->path
, rp_shell
);
237 /* Find out what type of shell we have. Also consider real paths (resolved symlinks)
238 * because e.g. csh might point to tcsh, ash to dash or busybox, sh to anything. */
240 if (mc_shell
->real_path
!= NULL
)
241 mc_shell_recognize_real_path (mc_shell
);
243 if (mc_shell
->type
== SHELL_NONE
)
244 mc_shell_recognize_path (mc_shell
);
246 if (mc_shell
->type
== SHELL_NONE
)
247 mc_global
.tty
.use_subshell
= FALSE
;
249 mc_global
.shell
= mc_shell
;
252 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
255 mc_shell_deinit (void)
257 if (mc_global
.shell
!= NULL
)
259 g_free (mc_global
.shell
->path
);
260 MC_PTR_FREE (mc_global
.shell
);
264 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */