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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation
+ * Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Mate Library.
+ *
+ * The Mate Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * The Mate Library 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
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with the Mate Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/*
+ @NOTATION@
+ */
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Mate utility routines.
+ * (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Author: Miguel de Icaza,
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "eggshell.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef G_OS_WIN32
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+/**
+ * egg_shell:
+ * @shell: the value of the SHELL env variable
+ *
+ * Retrieves the user's preferred shell.
+ *
+ * Returns: A newly allocated string that is the path to the shell.
+ */
+char *
+egg_shell (const char *shell)
+{
+#ifndef G_OS_WIN32
+ struct passwd *pw;
+ int i;
+ static const char shells [][14] = {
+ /* Note that on some systems shells can also
+ * be installed in /usr/bin */
+ "/bin/bash", "/usr/bin/bash",
+ "/bin/zsh", "/usr/bin/zsh",
+ "/bin/tcsh", "/usr/bin/tcsh",
+ "/bin/ksh", "/usr/bin/ksh",
+ "/bin/csh", "/bin/sh"
+ };
+
+ if (geteuid () == getuid () &&
+ getegid () == getgid ()) {
+ /* only in non-setuid */
+ if (shell != NULL) {
+ if (access (shell, X_OK) == 0) {
+ return g_strdup (shell);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+ if (pw && pw->pw_shell) {
+ if (access (pw->pw_shell, X_OK) == 0) {
+ return g_strdup (pw->pw_shell);
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i != G_N_ELEMENTS (shells); i++) {
+ if (access (shells [i], X_OK) == 0) {
+ return g_strdup (shells[i]);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* If /bin/sh doesn't exist, your system is truly broken. */
+ g_assert_not_reached ();
+
+ /* Placate compiler. */
+ return NULL;
+#else
+ /* g_find_program_in_path() always looks also in the Windows
+ * and System32 directories, so it should always find either cmd.exe
+ * or command.com.
+ */
+ char *retval = g_find_program_in_path ("cmd.exe");
+
+ if (retval == NULL)
+ retval = g_find_program_in_path ("command.com");
+
+ g_assert (retval != NULL);
+
+ return retval;
+#endif
+}