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