Source file src/pkg/os/exec/lp_unix.go
1 // Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
5 // +build darwin freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
6
7 package exec
8
9 import (
10 "errors"
11 "os"
12 "strings"
13 )
14
15 // ErrNotFound is the error resulting if a path search failed to find an executable file.
16 var ErrNotFound = errors.New("executable file not found in $PATH")
17
18 func findExecutable(file string) error {
19 d, err := os.Stat(file)
20 if err != nil {
21 return err
22 }
23 if m := d.Mode(); !m.IsDir() && m&0111 != 0 {
24 return nil
25 }
26 return os.ErrPermission
27 }
28
29 // LookPath searches for an executable binary named file
30 // in the directories named by the PATH environment variable.
31 // If file contains a slash, it is tried directly and the PATH is not consulted.
32 func LookPath(file string) (string, error) {
33 // NOTE(rsc): I wish we could use the Plan 9 behavior here
34 // (only bypass the path if file begins with / or ./ or ../)
35 // but that would not match all the Unix shells.
36
37 if strings.Contains(file, "/") {
38 err := findExecutable(file)
39 if err == nil {
40 return file, nil
41 }
42 return "", &Error{file, err}
43 }
44 pathenv := os.Getenv("PATH")
45 for _, dir := range strings.Split(pathenv, ":") {
46 if dir == "" {
47 // Unix shell semantics: path element "" means "."
48 dir = "."
49 }
50 path := dir + "/" + file
51 if err := findExecutable(path); err == nil {
52 return path, nil
53 }
54 }
55 return "", &Error{file, ErrNotFound}
56 }