libbb/run_shell.c

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/*
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "libbb.h"


/* Run SHELL, or DEFAULT_SHELL if SHELL is empty.
   If COMMAND is nonzero, pass it to the shell with the -c option.
   If ADDITIONAL_ARGS is nonzero, pass it to the shell as more
   arguments.  */

void run_shell ( const char *shell, int loginshell, const char *command, const char **additional_args )
{
	const char **args;
	int argno = 1;
	int additional_args_cnt = 0;
	
	for ( args = additional_args; args && *args; args++ )
		additional_args_cnt++;

	if ( additional_args )
		args = (const char **) xmalloc (sizeof (char *) * ( 4  + additional_args_cnt ));
	else
		args = (const char **) xmalloc (sizeof (char *) * 4 );
		
	args [0] = bb_get_last_path_component ( bb_xstrdup ( shell ));
	
	if ( loginshell ) {
		char *args0;
		bb_xasprintf ( &args0, "-%s", args [0] );
		args [0] = args0;
	}
    
	if ( command ) {
		args [argno++] = "-c";
		args [argno++] = command;
	}
	if ( additional_args ) {
		for ( ; *additional_args; ++additional_args )
			args [argno++] = *additional_args;
	}
	args [argno] = 0;
	execv ( shell, (char **) args );
	bb_perror_msg_and_die ( "cannot run %s", shell );
}