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Diffstat (limited to 'nix/libutil/util.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | nix/libutil/util.cc | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc index 846674a29d..024cea83d1 100644 --- a/nix/libutil/util.cc +++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc @@ -852,16 +852,20 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +std::vector<const char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss) +{ + std::vector<const char *> res; + foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss) + res.push_back(i->c_str()); + res.push_back(0); + return res; +} + + string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args) { checkInterrupt(); - std::vector<const char *> cargs; /* careful with c_str()! */ - cargs.push_back(program.c_str()); - for (Strings::const_iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ++i) - cargs.push_back(i->c_str()); - cargs.push_back(0); - /* Create a pipe. */ Pipe pipe; pipe.create(); @@ -880,6 +884,10 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args) if (dup2(pipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1) throw SysError("dupping stdout"); + Strings args_(args); + args_.push_front(program); + auto cargs = stringsToCharPtrs(args_); + if (searchPath) execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]); else |