sortix--sortix/libc/execlp.cpp

/*******************************************************************************

    Copyright(C) Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 2011, 2012, 2013.

    This file is part of the Sortix C Library.

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    execlp.cpp
    Loads a process image.

*******************************************************************************/

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

extern "C" int execlp(const char* filename, const char* argv0, ...)
{
	if ( !argv0 )
		return execvp(filename, (char* const*) &argv0);

	va_list args;
	va_start(args, argv0);
	size_t numargs = 1;
	while ( argv0 && va_arg(args, const char*) )
		numargs++;
	va_end(args);

	char** argv = (char**) malloc(sizeof(char*) * (numargs+1));
	if ( !argv )
		return -1;

	argv[0] = (char*) argv0;
	va_start(args, argv0);
	for ( size_t i = 1; i <= numargs; i++ )
		argv[i] = (char*) va_arg(args, const char*);
	va_end(args);
	argv[numargs] = NULL;

	int result = execvp(filename, argv);

	free(argv);

	return result;
}