/* * Mini xargs implementation for busybox * * Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 by Lineo, inc. * Written by Erik Andersen , * Remixed by Mark Whitley , * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * */ #include #include #include #include "busybox.h" int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv) { char *cmd_to_be_executed = NULL; char *file_to_act_on = NULL; /* * No options are supported in this version of xargs; no getopt. * * Re: The missing -t flag: Most programs that produce output also print * the filename, so xargs doesn't really need to do it again. Supporting * the -t flag =greatly= bloats up the size of this app and the memory it * uses because you have to buffer all the input file strings in memory. If * you really want to see the filenames that xargs will act on, just run it * once with no args and xargs will echo the filename. Simple. */ /* Store the command to be executed (taken from the command line) */ if (argc == 1) { /* default behavior is to echo all the filenames */ cmd_to_be_executed = xstrdup("/bin/echo "); } else { /* concatenate all the arguments passed to xargs together */ int i; int len = 1; /* for the '\0' */ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { len += strlen(argv[i]); len += 1; /* for the space between the args */ cmd_to_be_executed = xrealloc(cmd_to_be_executed, len); strcat(cmd_to_be_executed, argv[i]); strcat(cmd_to_be_executed, " "); } } /* Now, read in one line at a time from stdin, and store this * line to be used later as an argument to the command */ while ((file_to_act_on = get_line_from_file(stdin)) !=NULL) { FILE *cmd_output = NULL; char *output_line = NULL; char *execstr = NULL; /* eat the newline off the filename. */ chomp(file_to_act_on); /* eat blank lines */ if (strlen(file_to_act_on) == 0) continue; /* assemble the command and execute it */ execstr = xcalloc(strlen(cmd_to_be_executed) + strlen(file_to_act_on) + 1, sizeof(char)); strcat(execstr, cmd_to_be_executed); strcat(execstr, file_to_act_on); cmd_output = popen(execstr, "r"); if (cmd_output == NULL) perror_msg_and_die("popen"); /* harvest the output */ while ((output_line = get_line_from_file(cmd_output)) != NULL) { fputs(output_line, stdout); free(output_line); } /* clean up */ pclose(cmd_output); free(execstr); free(file_to_act_on); } #ifdef BB_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP free(cmd_to_be_executed); #endif return 0; } /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */