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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                                                *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <tic.h>
+#include <nc_alloc.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: access.c,v 1.14 2007/11/18 00:57:53 tom Exp $")
+
+#define LOWERCASE(c) ((isalpha(UChar(c)) && isupper(UChar(c))) ? tolower(UChar(c)) : (c))
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char *)
+_nc_rootname(char *path)
+{
+    char *result = _nc_basename(path);
+#if !MIXEDCASE_FILENAMES || defined(PROG_EXT)
+    static char *temp;
+    char *s;
+
+    temp = strdup(result);
+    result = temp;
+#if !MIXEDCASE_FILENAMES
+    for (s = result; *s != '\0'; ++s) {
+	*s = LOWERCASE(*s);
+    }
+#endif
+#if defined(PROG_EXT)
+    if ((s = strrchr(result, '.')) != 0) {
+	if (!strcmp(s, PROG_EXT))
+	    *s = '\0';
+    }
+#endif
+#endif
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if a string appears to be an absolute pathname.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+_nc_is_abs_path(const char *path)
+{
+#if defined(__EMX__) || defined(__DJGPP__)
+#define is_pathname(s) ((((s) != 0) && ((s)[0] == '/')) \
+		  || (((s)[0] != 0) && ((s)[1] == ':')))
+#else
+#define is_pathname(s) ((s) != 0 && (s)[0] == '/')
+#endif
+    return is_pathname(path);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return index of the basename
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(unsigned)
+_nc_pathlast(const char *path)
+{
+    const char *test = strrchr(path, '/');
+#ifdef __EMX__
+    if (test == 0)
+	test = strrchr(path, '\\');
+#endif
+    if (test == 0)
+	test = path;
+    else
+	test++;
+    return (test - path);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char *)
+_nc_basename(char *path)
+{
+    return path + _nc_pathlast(path);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_access(const char *path, int mode)
+{
+    if (access(path, mode) < 0) {
+	if ((mode & W_OK) != 0
+	    && errno == ENOENT
+	    && strlen(path) < PATH_MAX) {
+	    char head[PATH_MAX];
+	    char *leaf = _nc_basename(strcpy(head, path));
+
+	    if (leaf == 0)
+		leaf = head;
+	    *leaf = '\0';
+	    if (head == leaf)
+		(void) strcpy(head, ".");
+
+	    return access(head, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK);
+	}
+	return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+_nc_is_dir_path(const char *path)
+{
+    bool result = FALSE;
+    struct stat sb;
+
+    if (stat(path, &sb) == 0
+	&& (sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
+	result = TRUE;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool)
+_nc_is_file_path(const char *path)
+{
+    bool result = FALSE;
+    struct stat sb;
+
+    if (stat(path, &sb) == 0
+	&& (sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) {
+	result = TRUE;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+#ifndef USE_ROOT_ENVIRON
+/*
+ * Returns true if we allow application to use environment variables that are
+ * used for searching lists of directories, etc.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_env_access(void)
+{
+#if HAVE_ISSETUGID
+    if (issetugid())
+	return FALSE;
+#elif HAVE_GETEUID && HAVE_GETEGID
+    if (getuid() != geteuid()
+	|| getgid() != getegid())
+	return FALSE;
+#endif
+    return getuid() != 0 && geteuid() != 0;	/* ...finally, disallow root */
+}
+#endif