// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux nacl netbsd openbsd solaris package exec import ( "errors" "os" "strings" ) // ErrNotFound is the error resulting if a path search failed to find an executable file. var ErrNotFound = errors.New("executable file not found in $PATH") func findExecutable(file string) error { d, err := os.Stat(file) if err != nil { return err } if m := d.Mode(); !m.IsDir() && m&0111 != 0 { return nil } return os.ErrPermission } // LookPath searches for an executable binary named file // in the directories named by the PATH environment variable. // If file contains a slash, it is tried directly and the PATH is not consulted. // The result may be an absolute path or a path relative to the current directory. func LookPath(file string) (string, error) { // NOTE(rsc): I wish we could use the Plan 9 behavior here // (only bypass the path if file begins with / or ./ or ../) // but that would not match all the Unix shells. if strings.Contains(file, "/") { err := findExecutable(file) if err == nil { return file, nil } return "", &Error{file, err} } pathenv := os.Getenv("PATH") if pathenv == "" { return "", &Error{file, ErrNotFound} } for _, dir := range strings.Split(pathenv, ":") { if dir == "" { // Unix shell semantics: path element "" means "." dir = "." } path := dir + "/" + file if err := findExecutable(path); err == nil { return path, nil } } return "", &Error{file, ErrNotFound} }