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1/* caretx.c
2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 2013
4 * by Larry Wall and others
5 *
6 * You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
7 * License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
8 *
9 */
10
11/*
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12 * 'I do not know clearly,' said Frodo; 'but the path climbs, I think,
13 * up into the mountains on the northern side of that vale where the old
14 * city stands. It goes up to a high cleft and so down to -- that which
15 * is beyond.'
16 * 'Do you know the name of that high pass?' said Faramir.
17 *
97a07f93 18 * [p.691 of _The Lord of the Rings_, IV/xi: "The Forbidden Pool"]
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19 */
20
21/* This file contains a single function, set_caret_X, to set the $^X
22 * variable. It's only used in perl.c, but has various OS dependencies,
23 * so its been moved to its own file to reduce header pollution.
24 * See RT 120314 for details.
25 */
26
27#if defined(PERL_IS_MINIPERL) && !defined(USE_SITECUSTOMIZE)
28# define USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
29#endif
30
31#include "EXTERN.h"
32#include "perl.h"
33#include "XSUB.h"
34
35#ifdef NETWARE
36#include "nwutil.h"
37#endif
38
39#ifdef USE_KERN_PROC_PATHNAME
40# include <sys/sysctl.h>
41#endif
42
43#ifdef USE_NSGETEXECUTABLEPATH
44# include <mach-o/dyld.h>
45#endif
46
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47/* Note: Functions in this file must not have bool parameters. When
48 PERL_BOOL_AS_CHAR is #defined, mach-o/dyld.h overrides it in this file
49 by #including stdbool.h, so the function parameters here would conflict
50 with those in proto.h.
51*/
52
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53void
54Perl_set_caret_X(pTHX) {
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55 GV* tmpgv = gv_fetchpvs("\030", GV_ADD|GV_NOTQUAL, SVt_PV); /* $^X */
56 if (tmpgv) {
57 SV *const caret_x = GvSV(tmpgv);
58#if defined(OS2)
59 sv_setpv(caret_x, os2_execname(aTHX));
60#else
61# ifdef USE_KERN_PROC_PATHNAME
62 size_t size = 0;
63 int mib[4];
64 mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
65 mib[1] = KERN_PROC;
66 mib[2] = KERN_PROC_PATHNAME;
67 mib[3] = -1;
68
69 if (sysctl(mib, 4, NULL, &size, NULL, 0) == 0
70 && size > 0 && size < MAXPATHLEN * MAXPATHLEN) {
71 sv_grow(caret_x, size);
72
73 if (sysctl(mib, 4, SvPVX(caret_x), &size, NULL, 0) == 0
74 && size > 2) {
75 SvPOK_only(caret_x);
76 SvCUR_set(caret_x, size - 1);
77 SvTAINT(caret_x);
78 return;
79 }
80 }
81# elif defined(USE_NSGETEXECUTABLEPATH)
82 char buf[1];
83 uint32_t size = sizeof(buf);
84
85 _NSGetExecutablePath(buf, &size);
86 if (size < MAXPATHLEN * MAXPATHLEN) {
87 sv_grow(caret_x, size);
88 if (_NSGetExecutablePath(SvPVX(caret_x), &size) == 0) {
89 char *const tidied = realpath(SvPVX(caret_x), NULL);
90 if (tidied) {
91 sv_setpv(caret_x, tidied);
92 free(tidied);
93 } else {
94 SvPOK_only(caret_x);
95 SvCUR_set(caret_x, size);
96 }
97 return;
98 }
99 }
100# elif defined(HAS_PROCSELFEXE)
101 char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
e2ac4e88 102 SSize_t len = readlink(PROCSELFEXE_PATH, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
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103 /* NOTE: if the length returned by readlink() is sizeof(buf) - 1,
104 * it is impossible to know whether the result was truncated. */
105
106 if (len != -1) {
107 buf[len] = '\0';
108 }
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109
110 /* On Playstation2 Linux V1.0 (kernel 2.2.1) readlink(/proc/self/exe)
111 includes a spurious NUL which will cause $^X to fail in system
112 or backticks (this will prevent extensions from being built and
113 many tests from working). readlink is not meant to add a NUL.
114 Normal readlink works fine.
115 */
116 if (len > 0 && buf[len-1] == '\0') {
117 len--;
118 }
119
120 /* FreeBSD's implementation is acknowledged to be imperfect, sometimes
121 returning the text "unknown" from the readlink rather than the path
122 to the executable (or returning an error from the readlink). Any
123 valid path has a '/' in it somewhere, so use that to validate the
124 result. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35703
125 */
126 if (len > 0 && memchr(buf, '/', len)) {
127 sv_setpvn(caret_x, buf, len);
128 return;
129 }
130# endif
131 /* Fallback to this: */
132 sv_setpv(caret_x, PL_origargv[0]);
133#endif
134 }
135}
136
137/*
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138 * ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
139 */