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1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
8  * John B. Roll Jr.
9  *
10  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
11  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
12  * are met:
13  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
14  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
15  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
16  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
17  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
18  * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
19  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
20  *    without specific prior written permission.
21  *
22  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
23  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
24  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
25  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
26  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
27  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
28  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
29  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
30  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
31  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
32  * SUCH DAMAGE.
33  *
34  * $xMach: xargs.c,v 1.6 2002/02/23 05:27:47 tim Exp $
35  */
36 
37 #if 0
38 #ifndef lint
39 static const char copyright[] =
40 "@(#) Copyright (c) 1990, 1993\n\
41 	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.\n";
42 #endif /* not lint */
43 
44 #ifndef lint
45 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)xargs.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
46 #endif /* not lint */
47 #endif
48 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
49 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
50 
51 #include <sys/types.h>
52 #include <sys/wait.h>
53 #include <sys/time.h>
54 #include <sys/limits.h>
55 #include <sys/resource.h>
56 #include <err.h>
57 #include <errno.h>
58 #include <fcntl.h>
59 #include <getopt.h>
60 #include <langinfo.h>
61 #include <locale.h>
62 #include <paths.h>
63 #include <regex.h>
64 #include <stdbool.h>
65 #include <stdio.h>
66 #include <stdlib.h>
67 #include <string.h>
68 #include <unistd.h>
69 
70 #include "pathnames.h"
71 
72 static void	parse_input(int, char *[]);
73 static void	prerun(int, char *[]);
74 static int	prompt(void);
75 static void	run(char **);
76 static void	usage(void);
77 bool		strnsubst(char **, const char *, const char *, size_t);
78 static pid_t	xwait(int block, int *status);
79 static void	xexit(const char *, const int);
80 static void	waitchildren(const char *, int);
81 static void	pids_init(void);
82 static int	pids_empty(void);
83 static int	pids_full(void);
84 static void	pids_add(pid_t pid);
85 static int	pids_remove(pid_t pid);
86 static int	findslot(pid_t pid);
87 static int	findfreeslot(void);
88 static void	clearslot(int slot);
89 
90 static char echo[] = _PATH_ECHO;
91 static char **av, **bxp, **ep, **endxp, **xp;
92 static char *argp, *bbp, *ebp, *inpline, *p, *replstr;
93 static const char *eofstr;
94 static int count, insingle, indouble, oflag, pflag, tflag, Rflag, rval, zflag;
95 static int cnt, Iflag, jfound, Lflag, Sflag, wasquoted, xflag;
96 static int curprocs, maxprocs;
97 static pid_t *childpids;
98 
99 static volatile int childerr;
100 
101 extern char **environ;
102 
103 static const char *optstr = "+0E:I:J:L:n:oP:pR:S:s:rtx";
104 
105 static const struct option long_options[] =
106 {
107 	{"exit",		no_argument,		NULL,	'x'},
108 	{"interactive",		no_argument,		NULL,	'p'},
109 	{"max-args",		required_argument,	NULL,	'n'},
110 	{"max-chars",		required_argument,	NULL,	's'},
111 	{"max-procs",		required_argument,	NULL,	'P'},
112 	{"no-run-if-empty",	no_argument,		NULL,	'r'},
113 	{"null",		no_argument,		NULL,	'0'},
114 	{"verbose",		no_argument,		NULL,	't'},
115 
116 	{NULL,			no_argument,		NULL,	0},
117 };
118 
119 int
120 main(int argc, char *argv[])
121 {
122 	long arg_max;
123 	int ch, Jflag, nargs, nflag, nline;
124 	size_t linelen;
125 	struct rlimit rl;
126 	char *endptr;
127 	const char *errstr;
128 
129 	inpline = replstr = NULL;
130 	ep = environ;
131 	eofstr = "";
132 	Jflag = nflag = 0;
133 
134 	(void)setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
135 
136 	/*
137 	 * POSIX.2 limits the exec line length to ARG_MAX - 2K.  Running that
138 	 * caused some E2BIG errors, so it was changed to ARG_MAX - 4K.  Given
139 	 * that the smallest argument is 2 bytes in length, this means that
140 	 * the number of arguments is limited to:
141 	 *
142 	 *	 (ARG_MAX - 4K - LENGTH(utility + arguments)) / 2.
143 	 *
144 	 * We arbitrarily limit the number of arguments to 5000.  This is
145 	 * allowed by POSIX.2 as long as the resulting minimum exec line is
146 	 * at least LINE_MAX.  Realloc'ing as necessary is possible, but
147 	 * probably not worthwhile.
148 	 */
149 	nargs = 5000;
150 	if ((arg_max = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX)) == -1)
151 		errx(1, "sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) failed");
152 	nline = arg_max - 4 * 1024;
153 	while (*ep != NULL) {
154 		/* 1 byte for each '\0' */
155 		nline -= strlen(*ep++) + 1 + sizeof(*ep);
156 	}
157 	maxprocs = 1;
158 	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstr, long_options, NULL)) != -1)
159 		switch (ch) {
160 		case 'E':
161 			eofstr = optarg;
162 			break;
163 		case 'I':
164 			Jflag = 0;
165 			Iflag = 1;
166 			Lflag = 1;
167 			replstr = optarg;
168 			break;
169 		case 'J':
170 			Iflag = 0;
171 			Jflag = 1;
172 			replstr = optarg;
173 			break;
174 		case 'L':
175 			Lflag = strtonum(optarg, 0, INT_MAX, &errstr);
176 			if (errstr)
177 				errx(1, "-L %s: %s", optarg, errstr);
178 			break;
179 		case 'n':
180 			nflag = 1;
181 			nargs = strtonum(optarg, 1, INT_MAX, &errstr);
182 			if (errstr)
183 				errx(1, "-n %s: %s", optarg, errstr);
184 			break;
185 		case 'o':
186 			oflag = 1;
187 			break;
188 		case 'P':
189 			maxprocs = strtonum(optarg, 0, INT_MAX, &errstr);
190 			if (errstr)
191 				errx(1, "-P %s: %s", optarg, errstr);
192 			if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &rl) != 0)
193 				errx(1, "getrlimit failed");
194 			if (maxprocs == 0 || maxprocs > rl.rlim_cur)
195 				maxprocs = rl.rlim_cur;
196 			break;
197 		case 'p':
198 			pflag = 1;
199 			break;
200 		case 'R':
201 			Rflag = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 10);
202 			if (*endptr != '\0')
203 				errx(1, "replacements must be a number");
204 			break;
205 		case 'r':
206 			/* GNU compatibility */
207 			break;
208 		case 'S':
209 			Sflag = strtoul(optarg, &endptr, 10);
210 			if (*endptr != '\0')
211 				errx(1, "replsize must be a number");
212 			break;
213 		case 's':
214 			nline = strtonum(optarg, 0, INT_MAX, &errstr);
215 			if (errstr)
216 				errx(1, "-s %s: %s", optarg, errstr);
217 			break;
218 		case 't':
219 			tflag = 1;
220 			break;
221 		case 'x':
222 			xflag = 1;
223 			break;
224 		case '0':
225 			zflag = 1;
226 			break;
227 		case '?':
228 		default:
229 			usage();
230 	}
231 	argc -= optind;
232 	argv += optind;
233 
234 	if (!Iflag && Rflag)
235 		usage();
236 	if (!Iflag && Sflag)
237 		usage();
238 	if (Iflag && !Rflag)
239 		Rflag = 5;
240 	if (Iflag && !Sflag)
241 		Sflag = 255;
242 	if (xflag && !nflag)
243 		usage();
244 	if (Iflag || Lflag)
245 		xflag = 1;
246 	if (replstr != NULL && *replstr == '\0')
247 		errx(1, "replstr may not be empty");
248 
249 	pids_init();
250 
251 	/*
252 	 * Allocate pointers for the utility name, the utility arguments,
253 	 * the maximum arguments to be read from stdin and the trailing
254 	 * NULL.
255 	 */
256 	linelen = 1 + argc + nargs + 1;
257 	if ((av = bxp = malloc(linelen * sizeof(char *))) == NULL)
258 		errx(1, "malloc failed");
259 
260 	/*
261 	 * Use the user's name for the utility as argv[0], just like the
262 	 * shell.  Echo is the default.  Set up pointers for the user's
263 	 * arguments.
264 	 */
265 	if (*argv == NULL)
266 		cnt = strlen(*bxp++ = echo);
267 	else {
268 		do {
269 			if (Jflag && strcmp(*argv, replstr) == 0) {
270 				char **avj;
271 				jfound = 1;
272 				argv++;
273 				for (avj = argv; *avj; avj++)
274 					cnt += strlen(*avj) + 1;
275 				break;
276 			}
277 			cnt += strlen(*bxp++ = *argv) + 1;
278 		} while (*++argv != NULL);
279 	}
280 
281 	/*
282 	 * Set up begin/end/traversing pointers into the array.  The -n
283 	 * count doesn't include the trailing NULL pointer, so the malloc
284 	 * added in an extra slot.
285 	 */
286 	endxp = (xp = bxp) + nargs;
287 
288 	/*
289 	 * Allocate buffer space for the arguments read from stdin and the
290 	 * trailing NULL.  Buffer space is defined as the default or specified
291 	 * space, minus the length of the utility name and arguments.  Set up
292 	 * begin/end/traversing pointers into the array.  The -s count does
293 	 * include the trailing NULL, so the malloc didn't add in an extra
294 	 * slot.
295 	 */
296 	nline -= cnt;
297 	if (nline <= 0)
298 		errx(1, "insufficient space for command");
299 
300 	if ((bbp = malloc((size_t)(nline + 1))) == NULL)
301 		errx(1, "malloc failed");
302 	ebp = (argp = p = bbp) + nline - 1;
303 	for (;;)
304 		parse_input(argc, argv);
305 }
306 
307 static void
308 parse_input(int argc, char *argv[])
309 {
310 	int ch, foundeof;
311 	char **avj;
312 
313 	foundeof = 0;
314 
315 	switch (ch = getchar()) {
316 	case EOF:
317 		/* No arguments since last exec. */
318 		if (p == bbp)
319 			xexit(*av, rval);
320 		goto arg1;
321 	case ' ':
322 	case '\t':
323 		/* Quotes escape tabs and spaces. */
324 		if (insingle || indouble || zflag)
325 			goto addch;
326 		goto arg2;
327 	case '\0':
328 		if (zflag) {
329 			/*
330 			 * Increment 'count', so that nulls will be treated
331 			 * as end-of-line, as well as end-of-argument.  This
332 			 * is needed so -0 works properly with -I and -L.
333 			 */
334 			count++;
335 			goto arg2;
336 		}
337 		goto addch;
338 	case '\n':
339 		if (zflag)
340 			goto addch;
341 		count++;	    /* Indicate end-of-line (used by -L) */
342 
343 		/* Quotes do not escape newlines. */
344 arg1:		if (insingle || indouble) {
345 			warnx("unterminated quote");
346 			xexit(*av, 1);
347 		}
348 arg2:
349 		foundeof = *eofstr != '\0' &&
350 		    strncmp(argp, eofstr, p - argp) == 0;
351 
352 		/* Do not make empty args unless they are quoted */
353 		if ((argp != p || wasquoted) && !foundeof) {
354 			*p++ = '\0';
355 			*xp++ = argp;
356 			if (Iflag) {
357 				size_t curlen;
358 
359 				if (inpline == NULL)
360 					curlen = 0;
361 				else {
362 					/*
363 					 * If this string is not zero
364 					 * length, append a space for
365 					 * separation before the next
366 					 * argument.
367 					 */
368 					if ((curlen = strlen(inpline)))
369 						strcat(inpline, " ");
370 				}
371 				curlen++;
372 				/*
373 				 * Allocate enough to hold what we will
374 				 * be holding in a second, and to append
375 				 * a space next time through, if we have
376 				 * to.
377 				 */
378 				inpline = realloc(inpline, curlen + 2 +
379 				    strlen(argp));
380 				if (inpline == NULL) {
381 					warnx("realloc failed");
382 					xexit(*av, 1);
383 				}
384 				if (curlen == 1)
385 					strcpy(inpline, argp);
386 				else
387 					strcat(inpline, argp);
388 			}
389 		}
390 
391 		/*
392 		 * If max'd out on args or buffer, or reached EOF,
393 		 * run the command.  If xflag and max'd out on buffer
394 		 * but not on args, object.  Having reached the limit
395 		 * of input lines, as specified by -L is the same as
396 		 * maxing out on arguments.
397 		 */
398 		if (xp == endxp || p > ebp || ch == EOF ||
399 		    (Lflag <= count && xflag) || foundeof) {
400 			if (xflag && xp != endxp && p > ebp) {
401 				warnx("insufficient space for arguments");
402 				xexit(*av, 1);
403 			}
404 			if (jfound) {
405 				for (avj = argv; *avj; avj++)
406 					*xp++ = *avj;
407 			}
408 			prerun(argc, av);
409 			if (ch == EOF || foundeof)
410 				xexit(*av, rval);
411 			p = bbp;
412 			xp = bxp;
413 			count = 0;
414 		}
415 		argp = p;
416 		wasquoted = 0;
417 		break;
418 	case '\'':
419 		if (indouble || zflag)
420 			goto addch;
421 		insingle = !insingle;
422 		wasquoted = 1;
423 		break;
424 	case '"':
425 		if (insingle || zflag)
426 			goto addch;
427 		indouble = !indouble;
428 		wasquoted = 1;
429 		break;
430 	case '\\':
431 		if (zflag)
432 			goto addch;
433 		/* Backslash escapes anything, is escaped by quotes. */
434 		if (!insingle && !indouble && (ch = getchar()) == EOF) {
435 			warnx("backslash at EOF");
436 			xexit(*av, 1);
437 		}
438 		/* FALLTHROUGH */
439 	default:
440 addch:		if (p < ebp) {
441 			*p++ = ch;
442 			break;
443 		}
444 
445 		/* If only one argument, not enough buffer space. */
446 		if (bxp == xp) {
447 			warnx("insufficient space for argument");
448 			xexit(*av, 1);
449 		}
450 		/* Didn't hit argument limit, so if xflag object. */
451 		if (xflag) {
452 			warnx("insufficient space for arguments");
453 			xexit(*av, 1);
454 		}
455 
456 		if (jfound) {
457 			for (avj = argv; *avj; avj++)
458 				*xp++ = *avj;
459 		}
460 		prerun(argc, av);
461 		xp = bxp;
462 		cnt = ebp - argp;
463 		memcpy(bbp, argp, (size_t)cnt);
464 		p = (argp = bbp) + cnt;
465 		*p++ = ch;
466 		break;
467 	}
468 }
469 
470 /*
471  * Do things necessary before run()'ing, such as -I substitution,
472  * and then call run().
473  */
474 static void
475 prerun(int argc, char *argv[])
476 {
477 	char **tmp, **tmp2, **avj;
478 	int repls;
479 
480 	repls = Rflag;
481 
482 	if (argc == 0 || repls == 0) {
483 		*xp = NULL;
484 		run(argv);
485 		return;
486 	}
487 
488 	avj = argv;
489 
490 	/*
491 	 * Allocate memory to hold the argument list, and
492 	 * a NULL at the tail.
493 	 */
494 	tmp = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(char *));
495 	if (tmp == NULL) {
496 		warnx("malloc failed");
497 		xexit(*argv, 1);
498 	}
499 	tmp2 = tmp;
500 
501 	/*
502 	 * Save the first argument and iterate over it, we
503 	 * cannot do strnsubst() to it.
504 	 */
505 	if ((*tmp++ = strdup(*avj++)) == NULL) {
506 		warnx("strdup failed");
507 		xexit(*argv, 1);
508 	}
509 
510 	/*
511 	 * For each argument to utility, if we have not used up
512 	 * the number of replacements we are allowed to do, and
513 	 * if the argument contains at least one occurrence of
514 	 * replstr, call strnsubst(), else just save the string.
515 	 * Iterations over elements of avj and tmp are done
516 	 * where appropriate.
517 	 */
518 	while (--argc) {
519 		*tmp = *avj++;
520 		if (repls && strstr(*tmp, replstr) != NULL) {
521 			if (strnsubst(tmp++, replstr, inpline, (size_t)Sflag)) {
522 				warnx("comamnd line cannot be assembled, too long");
523 				xexit(*argv, 1);
524 			}
525 			if (repls > 0)
526 				repls--;
527 		} else {
528 			if ((*tmp = strdup(*tmp)) == NULL) {
529 				warnx("strdup failed");
530 				xexit(*argv, 1);
531 			}
532 			tmp++;
533 		}
534 	}
535 
536 	/*
537 	 * Run it.
538 	 */
539 	*tmp = NULL;
540 	run(tmp2);
541 
542 	/*
543 	 * Walk from the tail to the head, free along the way.
544 	 */
545 	for (; tmp2 != tmp; tmp--)
546 		free(*tmp);
547 	/*
548 	 * Now free the list itself.
549 	 */
550 	free(tmp2);
551 
552 	/*
553 	 * Free the input line buffer, if we have one.
554 	 */
555 	if (inpline != NULL) {
556 		free(inpline);
557 		inpline = NULL;
558 	}
559 }
560 
561 static void
562 run(char **argv)
563 {
564 	pid_t pid;
565 	int fd;
566 	char **avec;
567 
568 	/*
569 	 * If the user wants to be notified of each command before it is
570 	 * executed, notify them.  If they want the notification to be
571 	 * followed by a prompt, then prompt them.
572 	 */
573 	if (tflag || pflag) {
574 		(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s", *argv);
575 		for (avec = argv + 1; *avec != NULL; ++avec)
576 			(void)fprintf(stderr, " %s", *avec);
577 		/*
578 		 * If the user has asked to be prompted, do so.
579 		 */
580 		if (pflag)
581 			/*
582 			 * If they asked not to exec, return without execution
583 			 * but if they asked to, go to the execution.  If we
584 			 * could not open their tty, break the switch and drop
585 			 * back to -t behaviour.
586 			 */
587 			switch (prompt()) {
588 			case 0:
589 				return;
590 			case 1:
591 				goto exec;
592 			case 2:
593 				break;
594 			}
595 		(void)fprintf(stderr, "\n");
596 		(void)fflush(stderr);
597 	}
598 exec:
599 	childerr = 0;
600 	switch (pid = vfork()) {
601 	case -1:
602 		warn("vfork");
603 		xexit(*argv, 1);
604 	case 0:
605 		if (oflag) {
606 			if ((fd = open(_PATH_TTY, O_RDONLY)) == -1)
607 				err(1, "can't open /dev/tty");
608 		} else {
609 			fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDONLY);
610 		}
611 		if (fd > STDIN_FILENO) {
612 			if (dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO) != 0)
613 				err(1, "can't dup2 to stdin");
614 			close(fd);
615 		}
616 		execvp(argv[0], argv);
617 		childerr = errno;
618 		_exit(1);
619 	}
620 	pids_add(pid);
621 	waitchildren(*argv, 0);
622 }
623 
624 /*
625  * Wait for a tracked child to exit and return its pid and exit status.
626  *
627  * Ignores (discards) all untracked child processes.
628  * Returns -1 and sets errno to ECHILD if no tracked children exist.
629  * If block is set, waits indefinitely for a child process to exit.
630  * If block is not set and no children have exited, returns 0 immediately.
631  */
632 static pid_t
633 xwait(int block, int *status) {
634 	pid_t pid;
635 
636 	if (pids_empty()) {
637 		errno = ECHILD;
638 		return (-1);
639 	}
640 
641 	while ((pid = waitpid(-1, status, block ? 0 : WNOHANG)) > 0)
642 		if (pids_remove(pid))
643 			break;
644 
645 	return (pid);
646 }
647 
648 static void
649 xexit(const char *name, const int exit_code) {
650 	waitchildren(name, 1);
651 	exit(exit_code);
652 }
653 
654 static void
655 waitchildren(const char *name, int waitall)
656 {
657 	pid_t pid;
658 	int status;
659 	int cause_exit = 0;
660 
661 	while ((pid = xwait(waitall || pids_full(), &status)) > 0) {
662 		/*
663 		 * If we couldn't invoke the utility or if utility exited
664 		 * because of a signal or with a value of 255, warn (per
665 		 * POSIX), and then wait until all other children have
666 		 * exited before exiting 1-125. POSIX requires us to stop
667 		 * reading if child exits because of a signal or with 255,
668 		 * but it does not require us to exit immediately; waiting
669 		 * is preferable to orphaning.
670 		 */
671 		if (childerr != 0 && cause_exit == 0) {
672 			errno = childerr;
673 			waitall = 1;
674 			cause_exit = errno == ENOENT ? 127 : 126;
675 			warn("%s", name);
676 		} else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
677 			waitall = cause_exit = 1;
678 			warnx("%s: terminated with signal %d; aborting",
679 			    name, WTERMSIG(status));
680 		} else if (WEXITSTATUS(status) == 255) {
681 			waitall = cause_exit = 1;
682 			warnx("%s: exited with status 255; aborting", name);
683 		} else if (WEXITSTATUS(status))
684  			rval = 1;
685 	}
686 
687  	if (cause_exit)
688 		exit(cause_exit);
689 	if (pid == -1 && errno != ECHILD)
690 		err(1, "waitpid");
691 }
692 
693 #define	NOPID	(0)
694 
695 static void
696 pids_init(void)
697 {
698 	int i;
699 
700 	if ((childpids = malloc(maxprocs * sizeof(*childpids))) == NULL)
701 		errx(1, "malloc failed");
702 
703 	for (i = 0; i < maxprocs; i++)
704 		clearslot(i);
705 }
706 
707 static int
708 pids_empty(void)
709 {
710 
711 	return (curprocs == 0);
712 }
713 
714 static int
715 pids_full(void)
716 {
717 
718 	return (curprocs >= maxprocs);
719 }
720 
721 static void
722 pids_add(pid_t pid)
723 {
724 	int slot;
725 
726 	slot = findfreeslot();
727 	childpids[slot] = pid;
728 	curprocs++;
729 }
730 
731 static int
732 pids_remove(pid_t pid)
733 {
734 	int slot;
735 
736 	if ((slot = findslot(pid)) < 0)
737 		return (0);
738 
739 	clearslot(slot);
740 	curprocs--;
741 	return (1);
742 }
743 
744 static int
745 findfreeslot(void)
746 {
747 	int slot;
748 
749 	if ((slot = findslot(NOPID)) < 0)
750 		errx(1, "internal error: no free pid slot");
751 	return (slot);
752 }
753 
754 static int
755 findslot(pid_t pid)
756 {
757 	int slot;
758 
759 	for (slot = 0; slot < maxprocs; slot++)
760 		if (childpids[slot] == pid)
761 			return (slot);
762 	return (-1);
763 }
764 
765 static void
766 clearslot(int slot)
767 {
768 
769 	childpids[slot] = NOPID;
770 }
771 
772 /*
773  * Prompt the user about running a command.
774  */
775 static int
776 prompt(void)
777 {
778 	regex_t cre;
779 	size_t rsize;
780 	int match;
781 	char *response;
782 	FILE *ttyfp;
783 
784 	if ((ttyfp = fopen(_PATH_TTY, "r")) == NULL)
785 		return (2);	/* Indicate that the TTY failed to open. */
786 	(void)fprintf(stderr, "?...");
787 	(void)fflush(stderr);
788 	if ((response = fgetln(ttyfp, &rsize)) == NULL ||
789 	    regcomp(&cre, nl_langinfo(YESEXPR), REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
790 		(void)fclose(ttyfp);
791 		return (0);
792 	}
793 	response[rsize - 1] = '\0';
794 	match = regexec(&cre, response, 0, NULL, 0);
795 	(void)fclose(ttyfp);
796 	regfree(&cre);
797 	return (match == 0);
798 }
799 
800 static void
801 usage(void)
802 {
803 
804 	fprintf(stderr,
805 "usage: xargs [-0opt] [-E eofstr] [-I replstr [-R replacements] [-S replsize]]\n"
806 "             [-J replstr] [-L number] [-n number [-x]] [-P maxprocs]\n"
807 "             [-s size] [utility [argument ...]]\n");
808 	exit(1);
809 }
810