1 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index fe16471..db5a5f6 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -167,3 +167,82 @@ std::string esc(const std::string& in)
 	}
 	return out;
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string> get_paths()
+{
+	std::vector<std::string> paths;
+
+	std::string path_env = std::getenv("PATH");
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	const char sep{';'};
+#else
+	const char sep{':'};
+#endif
+
+	std::stringstream ss(path_env);
+	std::string path;
+	while (std::getline(ss, path, sep))
+	{
+		paths.push_back(path);
+	}
+
+	return paths;
+}
+
+bool check_executable(const std::filesystem::path& prog)
+{
+	auto perms = std::filesystem::status(prog).permissions();
+
+	if((perms & std::filesystem::perms::owner_exec) != std::filesystem::perms::none)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if((perms & std::filesystem::perms::group_exec) != std::filesystem::perms::none)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if((perms & std::filesystem::perms::others_exec) != std::filesystem::perms::none)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+std::string locate(const std::string& prog,
+                   const std::vector<std::string>& paths,
+                   const std::string& arch)
+{
+	std::string program = prog;
+	if(!arch.empty())
+	{
+		program = arch + "-" + prog;
+	}
+
+	// first check if arch contains an absolute path to prog
+	if(std::filesystem::exists(program))
+	{
+		if(check_executable(program))
+		{
+			return program;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for(const auto& path_str : paths)
+	{
+		std::filesystem::path path(path_str);
+		auto prog_path = path / program;
+		if(std::filesystem::exists(prog_path))
+		{
+			if(check_executable(prog_path))
+			{
+				return prog_path.string();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {};
+}