xref: /haiku/src/kits/app/AppMisc.cpp (revision 4d7538b1800b88f1d56e6c80d94b46ab2013f3ed)
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22 //	File Name:		AppMisc.cpp
23 //	Author:			Ingo Weinhold (bonefish@users.sf.net)
24 //	Description:	Miscellaneous private functionality.
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26 
27 #include <string.h>
28 
29 #include <AppMisc.h>
30 #include <Entry.h>
31 #include <image.h>
32 #include <OS.h>
33 
34 // get_app_path
35 /*!	\brief Returns the path to the application's executable.
36 	\param buffer A pointer to a pre-allocated character array of at least
37 		   size B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH + 1 to be filled in by this function.
38 	\return
39 	- \c B_OK: Everything went fine.
40 	- \c B_BAD_VALUE: \c NULL \a buffer.
41 	- another error code
42 */
43 status_t
44 get_app_path(char *buffer)
45 {
46 	status_t error = (buffer ? B_OK : B_BAD_VALUE);
47 	image_info info;
48 	int32 cookie = 0;
49 	bool found = false;
50 	if (error == B_OK) {
51 		while (!found && get_next_image_info(0, &cookie, &info) == B_OK) {
52 			if (info.type == B_APP_IMAGE) {
53 				strncpy(buffer, info.name, B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH);
54 				buffer[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH] = 0;
55 				found = true;
56 			}
57 		}
58 	}
59 	if (error == B_OK && !found)
60 		error = B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND;
61 	return error;
62 }
63 
64 // get_app_ref
65 /*!	\brief Returns an entry_ref referring to the application's exectable.
66 	\param ref A pointer to a pre-allocated entry_ref to be initialized
67 		   to an entry_ref referring to the application's executable.
68 	\param traverse If \c true, the function traverses symbolic links.
69 	\return
70 	- \c B_OK: Everything went fine.
71 	- \c B_BAD_VALUE: \c NULL \a ref.
72 	- another error code
73 */
74 status_t
75 get_app_ref(entry_ref *ref, bool traverse)
76 {
77 	status_t error = (ref ? B_OK : B_BAD_VALUE);
78 	char appFilePath[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
79 	if (error == B_OK)
80 		error = get_app_path(appFilePath);
81 	if (error == B_OK) {
82 		BEntry entry(appFilePath, traverse);
83 		error = entry.GetRef(ref);
84 	}
85 	return error;
86 }
87 
88 // main_thread_for
89 /*!	Returns the ID of the supplied team's main thread.
90 	\param team The team.
91 	\return
92 	- The thread ID of the supplied team's main thread
93 	- \c B_BAD_TEAM_ID: The supplied team ID does not identify a running team.
94 	- another error code
95 */
96 thread_id
97 main_thread_for(team_id team)
98 {
99 	// For I can't find any trace of how to explicitly get the main thread,
100 	// I assume the main thread is the one with the least thread ID.
101 	thread_id thread = -1;
102 	int32 cookie = 0;
103 	thread_info info;
104 	while (get_next_thread_info(team, &cookie, &info) == B_OK) {
105 		if (thread < 0 || info.thread < thread)
106 			thread = info.thread;
107 	}
108 	return thread;
109 }
110 
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