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 */
41 /*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
43 /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
45 /*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
47 /*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
49 static char rp_shell
[PATH_MAX
];
51 /*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/
52 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
56 * @return newly allocated string with shell name
60 mc_shell_get_installed_in_system (void)
64 mc_shell
= g_new0 (mc_shell_t
, 1);
66 /* 3rd choice: look for existing shells supported as MC subshells. */
67 if (access ("/bin/bash", X_OK
) == 0)
68 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/bash");
69 else if (access ("/bin/ash", X_OK
) == 0)
70 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/ash");
71 else if (access ("/bin/dash", X_OK
) == 0)
72 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/dash");
73 else if (access ("/bin/busybox", X_OK
) == 0)
74 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/busybox");
75 else if (access ("/bin/zsh", X_OK
) == 0)
76 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/zsh");
77 else if (access ("/bin/tcsh", X_OK
) == 0)
78 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/tcsh");
79 /* No fish as fallback because it is so much different from other shells and
80 * in a way exotic (even though user-friendly by name) that we should not
81 * present it as a subshell without the user's explicit intention. We rather
82 * will not use a subshell but just a command line.
83 * else if (access("/bin/fish", X_OK) == 0)
84 * mc_global.tty.shell = g_strdup ("/bin/fish");
87 /* Fallback and last resort: system default shell */
88 mc_shell
->path
= g_strdup ("/bin/sh");
93 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
96 mc_shell_get_name_env (void)
98 const char *shell_env
;
99 char *shell_name
= NULL
;
101 shell_env
= g_getenv ("SHELL");
102 if ((shell_env
== NULL
) || (shell_env
[0] == '\0'))
104 /* 2nd choice: user login shell */
107 pwd
= getpwuid (geteuid ());
109 shell_name
= g_strdup (pwd
->pw_shell
);
112 /* 1st choice: SHELL environment variable */
113 shell_name
= g_strdup (shell_env
);
118 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
121 mc_shell_get_from_env (void)
123 mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
= NULL
;
127 shell_name
= mc_shell_get_name_env ();
129 if (shell_name
!= NULL
)
131 mc_shell
= g_new0 (mc_shell_t
, 1);
132 mc_shell
->path
= shell_name
;
138 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
140 * Get a shell type and store in mc_shell->type variable
144 mc_shell_recognize_and_fill_type (mc_shell_t
* mc_shell
)
146 gboolean result
= TRUE
;
148 /* Find out what type of shell we have. Also consider real paths (resolved symlinks)
149 * because e.g. csh might point to tcsh, ash to dash or busybox, sh to anything. */
151 if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/zsh") != NULL
|| strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/zsh") != NULL
152 || getenv ("ZSH_VERSION") != NULL
)
154 /* Also detects ksh symlinked to zsh */
155 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ZSH
;
156 mc_shell
->name
= "zsh";
158 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/tcsh") != NULL
159 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/tcsh") != NULL
)
161 /* Also detects csh symlinked to tcsh */
162 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_TCSH
;
163 mc_shell
->name
= "tcsh";
165 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/fish") != NULL
166 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/fish") != NULL
)
168 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_FISH
;
169 mc_shell
->name
= "fish";
171 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/dash") != NULL
172 || strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/dash") != NULL
)
174 /* Debian ash (also found if symlinked to by ash/sh) */
175 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_DASH
;
176 mc_shell
->name
= "dash";
178 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->real_path
, "/busybox") != NULL
)
180 /* If shell is symlinked to busybox, assume it is an ash, even though theoretically
181 * it could also be a hush (a mini shell for non-MMU systems deactivated by default).
182 * For simplicity's sake we assume that busybox always contains an ash, not a hush.
183 * On embedded platforms or on server systems, /bin/sh often points to busybox.
184 * Sometimes even bash is symlinked to busybox (CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_ASH option),
185 * so we need to check busybox symlinks *before* checking for the name "bash"
186 * in order to avoid that case. */
187 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX
;
188 mc_shell
->name
= mc_shell
->path
;
190 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/bash") != NULL
|| getenv ("BASH") != NULL
)
192 /* If bash is not symlinked to busybox, it is safe to assume it is a real bash */
193 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_BASH
;
194 mc_shell
->name
= "bash";
196 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/sh") != NULL
|| getenv ("SH") != NULL
)
198 /* If bash is not symlinked to busybox, it is safe to assume it is a real bash */
199 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_SH
;
200 mc_shell
->name
= "sh";
202 else if (strstr (mc_shell
->path
, "/ash") != NULL
|| getenv ("ASH") != NULL
)
204 /* If bash is not symlinked to busybox, it is safe to assume it is a real bash */
205 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX
;
206 mc_shell
->name
= "ash";
210 mc_shell
->type
= SHELL_NONE
;
211 mc_global
.tty
.use_subshell
= FALSE
;
217 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
218 /*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
219 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
224 mc_shell_t
*mc_shell
;
226 mc_shell
= mc_shell_get_from_env ();
228 if (mc_shell
== NULL
)
229 mc_shell
= mc_shell_get_installed_in_system ();
231 mc_shell
->real_path
= mc_realpath (mc_shell
->path
, rp_shell
);
233 if (!mc_shell_recognize_and_fill_type (mc_shell
))
234 mc_global
.tty
.use_subshell
= FALSE
;
236 mc_global
.shell
= mc_shell
;
239 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
242 mc_shell_deinit (void)
244 if (mc_global
.shell
!= NULL
)
246 g_free (mc_global
.shell
->path
);
247 MC_PTR_FREE (mc_global
.shell
);
251 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */