RE: [pooma-dev] more on VC++ ide files

[Allan Stokes]

Julian,

Now that you have identified the problem I'll find a solution that works
under/with Cygwin over the next couple of days.

On the subject of configure under Cygwin, I've been annoyed before by the
absence of which.  I even found a toolkit claiming to offer a which
replacement, but which was missing.  The GNU manuals at fsf.org do not
include documentation for this utility either.  Hmm.  I just looked at my
FreeBSD which and I discovered that it's a Perl script.  It's
redistributable and it worked, so I've included it below.

Under Cygwin bash the current directory is not a default part of the path.
On my installation either "perl configure" or "./configure" works.

Allan


I copied the following FreeBSD which script into c:\cygwin\bin and it works
under Cygwin (but not under a normal WinNT CMD shell because it uses ':' as
the default path separator).


#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Copyright (c) 1995 Wolfram Schneider <address@hidden>. Berlin.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
# are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
# SUCH DAMAGE.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/which/which.pl,v 1.14 1999/08/28 01:07:39 peter Exp
$

$all = $silent = $found = 0;
@path = split(/:/, $ENV{'PATH'});
if ($ENV{'PATH'} =~ /:$/) {
        $#path = $#path + 1;
        $path[$#path] = "";
}

if ($ARGV[0] eq "-a") {
    $all = 1; shift @ARGV;
} elsif ($ARGV[0] eq "-s") {
    $silent = 1; shift @ARGV;
} elsif ($ARGV[0] =~ /^-(h|help|\?)$/) {
    die "usage: which [-a] [-s] program ...\n";
}

foreach $prog (@ARGV) {
    if ("$prog" =~ '/' && -x "$prog" && -f "$prog") {
        print "$prog\n" unless $silent;
        $found = 1;
    } else {
        foreach $e (@path) {
            $e = "." if !$e;
            if (-x "$e/$prog" && -f "$e/$prog") {
                print "$e/$prog\n" unless $silent;
                $found = 1;
                last unless $all;
            }
        }
    }
}

exit (!$found);