2 * Mini xargs implementation for busybox
4 * Copyright (C) 2000 by Lineo, inc.
5 * Written by Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
6 * Remixed by Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>, <markw@enol.com>
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29 int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
31 char *cmd_to_be_executed = NULL;
32 char *file_to_act_on = NULL;
35 * No options are supported in this version of xargs; no getopt.
37 * Re: The missing -t flag: Most programs that produce output also print
38 * the filename, so xargs doesn't really need to do it again. Supporting
39 * the -t flag =greatly= bloats up the size of this app and the memory it
40 * uses because you have to buffer all the input file strings in memory. If
41 * you really want to see the filenames that xargs will act on, just run it
42 * once with no args and xargs will echo the filename. Simple.
45 /* Store the command to be executed (taken from the command line) */
47 /* default behavior is to echo all the filenames */
48 cmd_to_be_executed = strdup("/bin/echo ");
50 /* concatenate all the arguments passed to xargs together */
52 int len = 1; /* for the '\0' */
53 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
54 len += strlen(argv[i]);
55 len += 1; /* for the space between the args */
56 cmd_to_be_executed = xrealloc(cmd_to_be_executed, len);
57 strcat(cmd_to_be_executed, argv[i]);
58 strcat(cmd_to_be_executed, " ");
62 /* Now, read in one line at a time from stdin, and store this
63 * line to be used later as an argument to the command */
64 while ((file_to_act_on = get_line_from_file(stdin)) !=NULL) {
66 FILE *cmd_output = NULL;
67 char *output_line = NULL;
70 /* eat the newline off the filename. */
71 if (file_to_act_on[strlen(file_to_act_on)-1] == '\n')
72 file_to_act_on[strlen(file_to_act_on)-1] = '\0';
75 if (strlen(file_to_act_on) == 0)
78 /* assemble the command and execute it */
79 execstr = xcalloc(strlen(cmd_to_be_executed) +
80 strlen(file_to_act_on) + 1, sizeof(char));
81 strcat(execstr, cmd_to_be_executed);
82 strcat(execstr, file_to_act_on);
83 cmd_output = popen(execstr, "r");
84 if (cmd_output == NULL) {
89 /* harvest the output */
90 while ((output_line = get_line_from_file(cmd_output)) != NULL) {
91 fputs(output_line, stdout);
101 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
102 free(cmd_to_be_executed);
108 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */