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+/* Find path of executable.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+ Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
+
+ The GNU C 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 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C 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 GNU C 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. */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <elf/ldsodefs.h>
+
+#include <dl-dst.h>
+
+/* On Linux >= 2.1 systems which have the dcache implementation we can get
+ the path of the application from the /proc/self/exe symlink. Try this
+ first and fall back on the generic method if necessary. */
+extern const char *_dl_origin_path;
+
+const char *
+_dl_get_origin (void)
+{
+ char linkval[PATH_MAX];
+ char *result;
+
+ if (readlink ("/proc/self/exe", linkval, PATH_MAX) != -1
+ && linkval[0] != '[')
+ {
+ /* We can use this value. */
+ char *last_slash = strrchr (linkval, '/');
+ result = (char *) malloc (last_slash - linkval + 1);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ result = (char *) -1;
+ else if (last_slash == linkval)
+ memcpy (result, "/", 2);
+ else
+ *((char *) __mempcpy (result, linkval, last_slash - linkval)) = '\0';
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ result = (char *) -1;
+ /* We use the environment variable LD_ORIGIN_PATH. If it is set make
+ a copy and strip out trailing slashes. */
+ if (_dl_origin_path != NULL)
+ {
+ size_t len = strlen (_dl_origin_path);
+ result = malloc (len + 1);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ result = (char *) -1;
+ else
+ {
+ char *cp = __mempcpy (result, _dl_origin_path, len);
+ while (cp > result + 1 && cp[-1] == '/')
+ --cp;
+ *cp = '\0';
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return result;
+}