From 034cd404a129103a8dd7747e6bd00ffd5550da93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lexi Winter <lexi@le-fay.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:51:23 +0100
Subject: refactoring

---
 nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm')

diff --git a/nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm b/nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm
index 4988a12..7bfa3b9 100644
--- a/nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm
+++ b/nihil.posix/find_in_path.ccm
@@ -1,24 +1,53 @@
-/*
- * This source code is released into the public domain.
- */
-
+// This source code is released into the public domain.
 module;
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <optional>
+#include <ranges>
+
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 export module nihil.posix:find_in_path;
 
 import nihil.error;
 import :fd;
+import :getenv;
 
 namespace nihil {
 
 /*
  * Find an executable in $PATH and return the full path.  If $PATH is not set, uses _PATH_DEFPATH.
- * If the file can't be found or opened, returns std::nullopt.
+ * If the file can't be found or is not executable, returns std::nullopt.
  */
-export [[nodiscard]] auto find_in_path(std::filesystem::path const &file)
-	-> std::optional<std::filesystem::path>;
+export [[nodiscard]] auto
+find_in_path(std::filesystem::path const &file) -> std::optional<std::filesystem::path>
+{
+	using namespace std::literals;
+
+	auto try_return = [](std::filesystem::path file) -> std::optional<std::filesystem::path> {
+		auto ret = ::access(file.string().c_str(), X_OK);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			return {std::move(file)};
+		return {};
+	};
+
+	// Absolute pathname skips the search.
+	if (file.is_absolute())
+		return try_return(file);
+
+	auto const path = getenv("PATH").value_or(_PATH_DEFPATH); // NOLINT
+
+	for (auto &&dir : path | std::views::split(':')) {
+		// An empty $PATH element means cwd.
+		auto sdir = dir.empty() ? std::filesystem::path(".")
+		                        : std::filesystem::path(std::string_view(dir));
+
+		if (auto ret = try_return(sdir / file); ret)
+			return {ret};
+	}
+
+	return {};
+}
 
 } // namespace nihil
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