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class FindExecutable < Struct.new(:executable)

  def self.call(*args)
    new(*args).call
  end

  def call
    which(executable)
  end

  private
  # Cross-platform way of finding an executable in the $PATH.
  #
  #   which('ruby') #=> /usr/bin/ruby
  def which(cmd)
    exts = ENV['PATHEXT'] ? ENV['PATHEXT'].split(';') : ['']
    ENV['PATH'].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).each do |path|
      exts.each { |ext|
        exe = File.join(path, "#{cmd}#{ext}")
        return exe if File.executable?(exe) && !File.directory?(exe)
      }
    end
    nil
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
imuzer-0.0.4	lib/find_executable.rb
imuzer-0.0.3	lib/find_executable.rb