Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:31:52 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "David" <nobody AT bogus DOT org>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 06:28:18 -0400
> 
> What is the "bash exec-finding code"?  I added this little hack to
> search a list of extensions:
> 
> #ifdef DJGPP
>       // If we didn't find the original command, try looking for a
>       // version with ".exe", ".com", or ".bat" tacked on the end.
>       if (!result) {
>         for (indx = 0; indx < sizeof(exts) / sizeof(const char *);
> indx++) {
>           result = find_alt_command_in_path(cmd, exts[indx],
> path_list, old_index, &path_index);
>           if (result) break;
>           }
>         }
> #endif

There is a library function which will do all this: it's called
__dosexec_find_on_path.