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cdesktop/cde/programs/dtlogin/qualify.c

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/* $XConsortium: qualify.c /main/3 1995/10/27 16:14:33 rswiston $ */
/* *
* (c) Copyright 1993, 1994 Hewlett-Packard Company *
* (c) Copyright 1993, 1994 International Business Machines Corp. *
* (c) Copyright 1993, 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. *
* (c) Copyright 1993, 1994 Novell, Inc. *
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
/*********************************************************************
* qualifyWithFirst
*
* takes: an unqualified filename like foo.txt, and
* a colon-separated list of pathnames, such as
* /etc/opt/dt:/opt/dt/config
*
* returns: a fully qualified filename. Space for the filename
* has been allocated off the heap. It is the responsibility
* of the calling function to dispose of the space.
**********************************************************************/
char * qualifyWithFirst
(
char * filename,
char * searchPath
)
{
char * paths = strdup(searchPath);
char * savepaths = paths;
char * path;
char * chance;
FILE * f;
/* assert that the arguments cannot be NULL */
if (filename == NULL || searchPath == NULL)
return NULL;
while (1) {
/* if there is a :, zero it */
if ((path = strchr(paths, ':')) != NULL)
*path = 0;
/* allocate space and create the qualified filename */
chance = (char *)malloc(strlen(paths) + strlen(filename) + 2);
sprintf(chance,"%s/%s",paths,filename);
/* see if it is there by opening it for reading */
if (f = fopen(chance,"r")) {
/* it's there so close it, .... */
fclose(f);
/* ... restore the colon, .... */
if (path)
*path = ':';
/* return the fully qualified filename */
free(savepaths);
return chance;
}
free(chance);
/* reached the end of the list of paths */
if (path == NULL)
break;
/* try the next path */
paths = path + 1;
}
free(savepaths);
return NULL;
}