source: Daodan/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin/which@ 1046

#!/bin/sh
# Original copyright (C) 2002, Earnie Boyd
#   mailto:earnie@users.sf.net
# This implementation copyright (C) 2006, 2008, Keith Marshall
#   mailto:keithmarshall@users.sf.net
#
# This file is part of MSYS
#   http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml
#
# File: which
# $Id: which,v 1.4 2009/03/14 14:13:32 keithmarshall Exp $

CMD=`IFS='\\/:'; set CMD $0; eval echo \$\{$#\}`
if test $# -lt 1
then
  echo >&2 "$CMD: syntax error: missing argument"
  echo >&2 "Usage: $CMD [ -a | --all ] cmd ..."
  exit 1
fi

# To accomodate Woe32's typically asinine $PATH, which frequently
# includes directory names with embedded spaces, we need to set up
# $IFS to consider only a newline as a field separator.
IFS=$'\n'

break=break
for PROG
do
  if test x"$PROG" = x-a || test x"$PROG" = x--all
  then
    break=""
  else
    WHICH=""
    # need `type -ap -- "$PROG" || type -p -- "$PROG"'
    # because `type -ap foo' reports nothing, if both `foo' and `foo.exe'
    # are present, and are distinct.
    for LIST in `type -ap -- "$PROG" || type -p -- "$PROG"`
    do
      if test -f "$LIST"
      then
        # preserve `.exe' extension
        WHICH="$LIST"`test -f "$LIST.exe" && echo '.exe'`
        if test "$LIST" != "$WHICH"
        then
          # detect distinct `foo' and `foo.exe'
          # (this needs IFS=<space>, to get the INODE numbers)
          IFS=" " INODE1=`ls -id "$LIST"` INODE2=`ls -id "$WHICH"`
          if test `set ref $INODE1; echo $2` != `set ref $INODE2; echo $2`
          then
            # `foo' matches first, followed by `foo.exe'
            test -z "$break" && echo "$LIST" || WHICH="$LIST"
          fi
          # reset IFS=<newline>, to get any further PROG names
          IFS=$'\n'
        fi
        echo "$WHICH"
        $break
      fi
    done
    test x"$WHICH" = x && echo >&2 "$CMD: $PROG: "${ERROR="unknown command"}
  fi
done
test ${ERROR+set} && exit 1
exit 0

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