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| author | Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> | 2021-09-13 20:39:01 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-09-13 23:37:37 +0300 |
| commit | 3f36e6f30c5ee8d337dffa65c487080b87b29030 (patch) | |
| tree | 89b4358fa7b169acd513648e8740c5a0e77182e0 /run-command.h | |
| parent | 5fe973b9122903ed540c468b8fb347ab0b6ca6ff (diff) | |
run-command: make `exists_in_PATH()` non-static
Remove the `static` keyword from `exists_in_PATH()` function
and declare the function in `run-command.h` file.
The function will be used in bisect_visualize() in a later
commit.
Mentored by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Mentored by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Tanushree Tumane <tanushreetumane@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miriam Rubio <mirucam@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'run-command.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | run-command.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h index af1296769f..aad027984d 100644 --- a/run-command.h +++ b/run-command.h @@ -183,6 +183,18 @@ void child_process_clear(struct child_process *); int is_executable(const char *name); /** + * Check if the command exists on $PATH. This emulates the path search that + * execvp would perform, without actually executing the command so it + * can be used before fork() to prepare to run a command using + * execve() or after execvp() to diagnose why it failed. + * + * The caller should ensure that command contains no directory separators. + * + * Returns 1 if it is found in $PATH or 0 if the command could not be found. + */ +int exists_in_PATH(const char *command); + +/** * Start a sub-process. Takes a pointer to a `struct child_process` * that specifies the details and returns pipe FDs (if requested). * See below for details. |