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[xemacs-hg @ 2002-05-05 11:30:15 by ben]
syntax cache, 8-bit-format, lots of code cleanup
README.packages: Update info about --package-path.
i.c: Create an inheritable event and pass it on to XEmacs, so that ^C
can be handled properly. Intercept ^C and signal the event.
"Stop Build" in VC++ now works.
bytecomp-runtime.el: Doc string changes.
compat.el: Some attempts to redo this to
make it truly useful and fix the "multiple versions interacting
with each other" problem. Not yet done. Currently doesn't work.
files.el: Use with-obsolete-variable to avoid warnings in new revert-buffer code.
xemacs.mak: Split up CFLAGS into a version without flags specifying the C
library. The problem seems to be that minitar depends on zlib,
which depends specifically on libc.lib, not on any of the other C
libraries. Unless you compile with libc.lib, you get errors --
specifically, no _errno in the other libraries, which must make it
something other than an int. (#### But this doesn't seem to obtain
in XEmacs, which also uses zlib, and can be linked with any of the
C libraries. Maybe zlib is used differently and doesn't need
errno, or maybe XEmacs provides an int errno; ... I don't
understand.
Makefile.in.in: Fix so that packages are around when testing.
abbrev.c, alloc.c, buffer.c, buffer.h, bytecode.c, callint.c, casefiddle.c, casetab.c, casetab.h, charset.h, chartab.c, chartab.h, cmds.c, console-msw.h, console-stream.c, console-x.c, console.c, console.h, data.c, device-msw.c, device.c, device.h, dialog-msw.c, dialog-x.c, dired-msw.c, dired.c, doc.c, doprnt.c, dumper.c, editfns.c, elhash.c, emacs.c, eval.c, event-Xt.c, event-gtk.c, event-msw.c, event-stream.c, events.c, events.h, extents.c, extents.h, faces.c, file-coding.c, file-coding.h, fileio.c, fns.c, font-lock.c, frame-gtk.c, frame-msw.c, frame-x.c, frame.c, frame.h, glade.c, glyphs-gtk.c, glyphs-msw.c, glyphs-msw.h, glyphs-x.c, glyphs.c, glyphs.h, gui-msw.c, gui-x.c, gui.h, gutter.h, hash.h, indent.c, insdel.c, intl-win32.c, intl.c, keymap.c, lisp-disunion.h, lisp-union.h, lisp.h, lread.c, lrecord.h, lstream.c, lstream.h, marker.c, menubar-gtk.c, menubar-msw.c, menubar-x.c, menubar.c, minibuf.c, mule-ccl.c, mule-charset.c, mule-coding.c, mule-wnnfns.c, nas.c, objects-msw.c, objects-x.c, opaque.c, postgresql.c, print.c, process-nt.c, process-unix.c, process.c, process.h, profile.c, rangetab.c, redisplay-gtk.c, redisplay-msw.c, redisplay-output.c, redisplay-x.c, redisplay.c, redisplay.h, regex.c, regex.h, scrollbar-msw.c, search.c, select-x.c, specifier.c, specifier.h, symbols.c, symsinit.h, syntax.c, syntax.h, syswindows.h, tests.c, text.c, text.h, tooltalk.c, ui-byhand.c, ui-gtk.c, unicode.c, win32.c, window.c: Another big Ben patch.
-- FUNCTIONALITY CHANGES:
add partial support for 8-bit-fixed, 16-bit-fixed, and
32-bit-fixed formats. not quite done yet. (in particular, needs
functions to actually convert the buffer.) NOTE: lots of changes
to regex.c here. also, many new *_fmt() inline funs that take an
Internal_Format argument.
redo syntax cache code. make the cache per-buffer; keep the cache
valid across calls to functions that use it. also keep it valid
across insertions/deletions and extent changes, as much as is
possible. eliminate the junky regex-reentrancy code by passing in
the relevant lisp info to the regex routines as local vars.
add general mechanism in extents code for signalling extent changes.
fix numerous problems with the case-table implementation; yoshiki
never properly transferred many algorithms from old-style to
new-style case tables.
redo char tables to support a default argument, so that mapping
only occurs over changed args. change many chartab functions to
accept Lisp_Object instead of Lisp_Char_Table *.
comment out the code in font-lock.c by default, because
font-lock.el no longer uses it. we should consider eliminating it
entirely.
Don't output bell as ^G in console-stream when not a TTY.
add -mswindows-termination-handle to interface with i.c, so we can
properly kill a build.
add more error-checking to buffer/string macros.
add some additional buffer_or_string_() funs.
-- INTERFACE CHANGES AFFECTING MORE CODE:
switch the arguments of write_c_string and friends to be
consistent with write_fmt_string, which must have printcharfun
first.
change BI_* macros to BYTE_* for increased clarity; similarly for
bi_* local vars.
change VOID_TO_LISP to be a one-argument function. eliminate
no-longer-needed CVOID_TO_LISP.
-- char/string macro changes:
rename MAKE_CHAR() to make_emchar() for slightly less confusion
with make_char(). (The former generates an Emchar, the latter a
Lisp object. Conceivably we should rename make_char() -> wrap_char()
and similarly for make_int(), make_float().)
Similar changes for other *CHAR* macros -- we now consistently use
names with `emchar' whenever we are working with Emchars. Any
remaining name with just `char' always refers to a Lisp object.
rename macros with XSTRING_* to string_* except for those that
reference actual fields in the Lisp_String object, following
conventions used elsewhere.
rename set_string_{data,length} macros (the only ones to work with
a Lisp_String_* instead of a Lisp_Object) to set_lispstringp_*
to make the difference clear.
try to be consistent about caps vs. lowercase in macro/inline-fun
names for chars and such, which wasn't the case before. we now
reserve caps either for XFOO_ macros that reference object fields
(e.g. XSTRING_DATA) or for things that have non-function semantics,
e.g. directly modifying an arg (BREAKUP_EMCHAR) or evaluating an
arg (any arg) more than once. otherwise, use lowercase.
here is a summary of most of the macros/inline funs changed by all
of the above changes:
BYTE_*_P -> byte_*_p
XSTRING_BYTE -> string_byte
set_string_data/length -> set_lispstringp_data/length
XSTRING_CHAR_LENGTH -> string_char_length
XSTRING_CHAR -> string_emchar
INTBYTE_FIRST_BYTE_P -> intbyte_first_byte_p
INTBYTE_LEADING_BYTE_P -> intbyte_leading_byte_p
charptr_copy_char -> charptr_copy_emchar
LEADING_BYTE_* -> leading_byte_*
CHAR_* -> EMCHAR_*
*_CHAR_* -> *_EMCHAR_*
*_CHAR -> *_EMCHAR
CHARSET_BY_ -> charset_by_*
BYTE_SHIFT_JIS* -> byte_shift_jis*
BYTE_BIG5* -> byte_big5*
REP_BYTES_BY_FIRST_BYTE -> rep_bytes_by_first_byte
char_to_unicode -> emchar_to_unicode
valid_char_p -> valid_emchar_p
Change intbyte_strcmp -> qxestrcmp_c (duplicated functionality).
-- INTERFACE CHANGES AFFECTING LESS CODE:
use DECLARE_INLINE_HEADER in various places.
remove '#ifdef emacs' from XEmacs-only files.
eliminate CHAR_TABLE_VALUE(), which duplicated the functionality
of get_char_table().
add BUFFER_TEXT_LOOP to simplify iterations over buffer text.
define typedefs for signed and unsigned types of fixed sizes
(INT_32_BIT, UINT_32_BIT, etc.).
create ALIGN_FOR_TYPE as a higher-level interface onto ALIGN_SIZE;
fix code to use it.
add charptr_emchar_len to return the text length of the character
pointed to by a ptr; use it in place of
charcount_to_bytecount(..., 1). add emchar_len to return the text
length of a given character.
add types Bytexpos and Charxpos to generalize Bytebpos/Bytecount
and Charbpos/Charcount, in code (particularly, the extents code
and redisplay code) that works with either kind of index. rename
redisplay struct params with names such as `charbpos' to
e.g. `charpos' when they are e.g. a Charxpos, not a Charbpos.
eliminate xxDEFUN in place of DEFUN; no longer necessary with
changes awhile back to doc.c.
split up big ugly combined list of EXFUNs in lisp.h on a
file-by-file basis, since other prototypes are similarly split.
rewrite some "*_UNSAFE" macros as inline funs and eliminate the
_UNSAFE suffix.
move most string code from lisp.h to text.h; the string code and
text.h code is now intertwined in such a fashion that they need
to be in the same place and partially interleaved. (you can't
create forward references for inline funs)
automated/lisp-tests.el, automated/symbol-tests.el, automated/test-harness.el: Fix test harness to output FAIL messages to stderr when in
batch mode.
Fix up some problems in lisp-tests/symbol-tests that were
causing spurious failures.
author | ben |
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date | Sun, 05 May 2002 11:33:57 +0000 |
parents | b39c14581166 |
children | 04bc9d2f42c7 |
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/* Modified version of unexec for convex machines. Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of XEmacs. XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ /* Synched up with: FSF 19.31. */ /* modified for C-1 arch by jthomp@convex 871103 */ /* Corrected to support convex SOFF object file formats and thread specific * regions. streepy@convex 890302 */ /* * unexec.c - Convert a running program into an a.out file. * * Author: Spencer W. Thomas * Computer Science Dept. * University of Utah * Date: Tue Mar 2 1982 * Modified heavily since then. * * Synopsis: * unexec (new_name, a_name, data_start, bss_start, entry_address) * char *new_name, *a_name; * unsigned data_start, bss_start, entry_address; * * Takes a snapshot of the program and makes an a.out format file in the * file named by the string argument new_name. * If a_name is non-NULL, the symbol table will be taken from the given file. * On some machines, an existing a_name file is required. * * The boundaries within the a.out file may be adjusted with the data_start * and bss_start arguments. Either or both may be given as 0 for defaults. * * Data_start gives the boundary between the text segment and the data * segment of the program. The text segment can contain shared, read-only * program code and literal data, while the data segment is always unshared * and unprotected. Data_start gives the lowest unprotected address. * The value you specify may be rounded down to a suitable boundary * as required by the machine you are using. * * Specifying zero for data_start means the boundary between text and data * should not be the same as when the program was loaded. * If NO_REMAP is defined, the argument data_start is ignored and the * segment boundaries are never changed. * * Bss_start indicates how much of the data segment is to be saved in the * a.out file and restored when the program is executed. It gives the lowest * unsaved address, and is rounded up to a page boundary. The default when 0 * is given assumes that the entire data segment is to be stored, including * the previous data and bss as well as any additional storage allocated with * break (2). * * The new file is set up to start at entry_address. * * If you make improvements I'd like to get them too. * harpo!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@Utah-20 * */ /* There are several compilation parameters affecting unexec: * COFF Define this if your system uses COFF for executables. Otherwise we assume you use Berkeley format. * NO_REMAP Define this if you do not want to try to save Emacs's pure data areas as part of the text segment. Saving them as text is good because it allows users to share more. However, on machines that locate the text area far from the data area, the boundary cannot feasibly be moved. Such machines require NO_REMAP. Also, remapping can cause trouble with the built-in startup routine /lib/crt0.o, which defines `environ' as an initialized variable. Dumping `environ' as pure does not work! So, to use remapping, you must write a startup routine for your machine in Emacs's crt0.c. If NO_REMAP is defined, Emacs uses the system's crt0.o. * SECTION_ALIGNMENT Some machines that use COFF executables require that each section start on a certain boundary *in the COFF file*. Such machines should define SECTION_ALIGNMENT to a mask of the low-order bits that must be zero on such a boundary. This mask is used to control padding between segments in the COFF file. If SECTION_ALIGNMENT is not defined, the segments are written consecutively with no attempt at alignment. This is right for unmodified system V. * SEGMENT_MASK Some machines require that the beginnings and ends of segments *in core* be on certain boundaries. For most machines, a page boundary is sufficient. That is the default. When a larger boundary is needed, define SEGMENT_MASK to a mask of the bits that must be zero on such a boundary. * A_TEXT_OFFSET(HDR) Some machines count the a.out header as part of the size of the text segment (a_text); they may actually load the header into core as the first data in the text segment. Some have additional padding between the header and the real text of the program that is counted in a_text. For these machines, define A_TEXT_OFFSET(HDR) to examine the header structure HDR and return the number of bytes to add to `a_text' before writing it (above and beyond the number of bytes of actual program text). HDR's standard fields are already correct, except that this adjustment to the `a_text' field has not yet been made; thus, the amount of offset can depend on the data in the file. * A_TEXT_SEEK(HDR) If defined, this macro specifies the number of bytes to seek into the a.out file before starting to write the text segment.a * EXEC_MAGIC For machines using COFF, this macro, if defined, is a value stored into the magic number field of the output file. * ADJUST_EXEC_HEADER This macro can be used to generate statements to adjust or initialize nonstandard fields in the file header * ADDR_CORRECT(ADDR) Macro to correct an int which is the bit pattern of a pointer to a byte into an int which is the number of a byte. This macro has a default definition which is usually right. This default definition is a no-op on most machines (where a pointer looks like an int) but not on all machines. */ #include <config.h> #define PERROR(file) report_error (file, new) #include <a.out.h> /* Define getpagesize () if the system does not. Note that this may depend on symbols defined in a.out.h */ #include "getpagesize.h" #include <sys/types.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <errno.h> extern char *start_of_text (); /* Start of text */ extern char *start_of_data (); /* Start of initialized data */ #include <machine/filehdr.h> #include <machine/opthdr.h> #include <machine/scnhdr.h> #include <machine/pte.h> static long block_copy_start; /* Old executable start point */ static struct filehdr f_hdr; /* File header */ static struct opthdr f_ohdr; /* Optional file header (a.out) */ long bias; /* Bias to add for growth */ #define SYMS_START block_copy_start static long text_scnptr; static long data_scnptr; static int pagemask; static int pagesz; static report_error (file, fd) char *file; int fd; { if (fd) close (fd); signal_error (Qio_error, "Failure operating on file", build_string (file)); } #define ERROR0(msg) report_error_1 (new, msg, 0, 0); return -1 #define ERROR1(msg,x) report_error_1 (new, msg, x, 0); return -1 #define ERROR2(msg,x,y) report_error_1 (new, msg, x, y); return -1 static report_error_1 (fd, msg, a1, a2) int fd; char *msg; int a1, a2; { close (fd); signal_ferror (Qio_error, msg, a1, a2); } /* **************************************************************** * unexec * * driving logic. */ unexec (new_name, a_name, data_start, bss_start, entry_address) char *new_name, *a_name; unsigned data_start, bss_start, entry_address; { int new, a_out = -1; if (a_name && (a_out = open (a_name, 0)) < 0) { PERROR (a_name); } if ((new = creat (new_name, 0666)) < 0) { PERROR (new_name); } if (make_hdr (new, a_out, data_start, bss_start, entry_address, a_name, new_name) < 0 || copy_text_and_data (new) < 0 || copy_sym (new, a_out, a_name, new_name) < 0 ) { close (new); return -1; } close (new); if (a_out >= 0) close (a_out); mark_x (new_name); return 0; } /* **************************************************************** * make_hdr * * Make the header in the new a.out from the header in core. * Modify the text and data sizes. */ struct scnhdr *stbl; /* Table of all scnhdr's */ struct scnhdr *f_thdr; /* Text section header */ struct scnhdr *f_dhdr; /* Data section header */ struct scnhdr *f_tdhdr; /* Thread Data section header */ struct scnhdr *f_bhdr; /* Bss section header */ struct scnhdr *f_tbhdr; /* Thread Bss section header */ static int make_hdr (new, a_out, data_start, bss_start, entry_address, a_name, new_name) int new, a_out; unsigned data_start, bss_start, entry_address; char *a_name; char *new_name; { int scns; unsigned int bss_end; unsigned int eo_data; /* End of initialized data in new exec file */ int scntype; /* Section type */ int i; /* Var for sorting by vaddr */ struct scnhdr scntemp; /* For swapping entries in sort */ extern char *start_of_data(); pagemask = (pagesz = getpagesize()) - 1; /* Adjust text/data boundary. */ if (!data_start) data_start = (unsigned) start_of_data (); data_start = data_start & ~pagemask; /* (Down) to page boundary. */ bss_end = (sbrk(0) + pagemask) & ~pagemask; /* Adjust data/bss boundary. */ if (bss_start != 0) { bss_start = (bss_start + pagemask) & ~pagemask;/* (Up) to page bdry. */ if (bss_start > bss_end) { ERROR1 ("unexec: Specified bss_start (%x) is past end of program", bss_start); } } else bss_start = bss_end; if (data_start > bss_start) { /* Can't have negative data size. */ ERROR2 ("unexec: data_start (%x) can't be greater than bss_start (%x)", data_start, bss_start); } /* Salvage as much info from the existing file as possible */ if (a_out < 0) { ERROR0 ("can't build a COFF file from scratch yet"); /*NOTREACHED*/ } if (read (a_out, &f_hdr, sizeof (f_hdr)) != sizeof (f_hdr)) { PERROR (a_name); } block_copy_start += sizeof (f_hdr); if (f_hdr.h_opthdr > 0) { if (read (a_out, &f_ohdr, sizeof (f_ohdr)) != sizeof (f_ohdr)) { PERROR (a_name); } block_copy_start += sizeof (f_ohdr); } /* Allocate room for scn headers */ stbl = (struct scnhdr *)malloc( sizeof(struct scnhdr) * f_hdr.h_nscns ); if( stbl == NULL ) { ERROR0( "unexec: malloc of stbl failed" ); } f_tdhdr = f_tbhdr = NULL; /* Loop through section headers, copying them in */ for (scns = 0; scns < f_hdr.h_nscns; scns++) { if( read( a_out, &stbl[scns], sizeof(*stbl)) != sizeof(*stbl)) { PERROR (a_name); } scntype = stbl[scns].s_flags & S_TYPMASK; /* What type of section */ if( stbl[scns].s_scnptr > 0L) { if( block_copy_start < stbl[scns].s_scnptr + stbl[scns].s_size ) block_copy_start = stbl[scns].s_scnptr + stbl[scns].s_size; } if( scntype == S_TEXT) { f_thdr = &stbl[scns]; } else if( scntype == S_DATA) { f_dhdr = &stbl[scns]; #ifdef S_TDATA } else if( scntype == S_TDATA ) { f_tdhdr = &stbl[scns]; } else if( scntype == S_TBSS ) { f_tbhdr = &stbl[scns]; #endif /* S_TDATA (thread stuff) */ } else if( scntype == S_BSS) { f_bhdr = &stbl[scns]; } } /* We will now convert TEXT and DATA into TEXT, BSS into DATA, and leave * all thread stuff alone. */ /* Now we alter the contents of all the f_*hdr variables to correspond to what we want to dump. */ f_thdr->s_vaddr = (long) start_of_text (); f_thdr->s_size = data_start - f_thdr->s_vaddr; f_thdr->s_scnptr = pagesz; f_thdr->s_relptr = 0; f_thdr->s_nrel = 0; eo_data = f_thdr->s_scnptr + f_thdr->s_size; if( f_tdhdr ) { /* Process thread data */ f_tdhdr->s_vaddr = data_start; f_tdhdr->s_size += f_dhdr->s_size - (data_start - f_dhdr->s_vaddr); f_tdhdr->s_scnptr = eo_data; f_tdhdr->s_relptr = 0; f_tdhdr->s_nrel = 0; eo_data += f_tdhdr->s_size; /* And now for DATA */ f_dhdr->s_vaddr = f_bhdr->s_vaddr; /* Take BSS start address */ f_dhdr->s_size = bss_end - f_bhdr->s_vaddr; f_dhdr->s_scnptr = eo_data; f_dhdr->s_relptr = 0; f_dhdr->s_nrel = 0; eo_data += f_dhdr->s_size; } else { f_dhdr->s_vaddr = data_start; f_dhdr->s_size = bss_start - data_start; f_dhdr->s_scnptr = eo_data; f_dhdr->s_relptr = 0; f_dhdr->s_nrel = 0; eo_data += f_dhdr->s_size; } f_bhdr->s_vaddr = bss_start; f_bhdr->s_size = bss_end - bss_start + pagesz /* fudge */; f_bhdr->s_scnptr = 0; f_bhdr->s_relptr = 0; f_bhdr->s_nrel = 0; text_scnptr = f_thdr->s_scnptr; data_scnptr = f_dhdr->s_scnptr; bias = eo_data - block_copy_start; if (f_ohdr.o_symptr > 0L) { f_ohdr.o_symptr += bias; } if (f_hdr.h_strptr > 0) { f_hdr.h_strptr += bias; } if (write (new, &f_hdr, sizeof (f_hdr)) != sizeof (f_hdr)) { PERROR (new_name); } if (write (new, &f_ohdr, sizeof (f_ohdr)) != sizeof (f_ohdr)) { PERROR (new_name); } for( scns = 0; scns < f_hdr.h_nscns; scns++ ) { /* This is a cheesy little loop to write out the section headers * in order of increasing virtual address. Dull but effective. */ for( i = scns+1; i < f_hdr.h_nscns; i++ ) { if( stbl[i].s_vaddr < stbl[scns].s_vaddr ) { /* Swap */ scntemp = stbl[i]; stbl[i] = stbl[scns]; stbl[scns] = scntemp; } } } for( scns = 0; scns < f_hdr.h_nscns; scns++ ) { if( write( new, &stbl[scns], sizeof(*stbl)) != sizeof(*stbl)) { PERROR (new_name); } } return (0); } /* **************************************************************** * copy_text_and_data * * Copy the text and data segments from memory to the new a.out */ static int copy_text_and_data (new) int new; { int scns; for( scns = 0; scns < f_hdr.h_nscns; scns++ ) write_segment( new, &stbl[scns] ); return 0; } write_segment( new, sptr ) int new; struct scnhdr *sptr; { char *ptr, *end; int nwrite, ret; char buf[80]; extern int errno; char zeros[128]; if( sptr->s_scnptr == 0 ) return; /* Nothing to do */ if( lseek( new, (long) sptr->s_scnptr, 0 ) == -1 ) PERROR( "unexecing" ); memset (zeros, 0, sizeof (zeros)); ptr = (char *) sptr->s_vaddr; end = ptr + sptr->s_size; while( ptr < end ) { /* distance to next multiple of 128. */ nwrite = (((int) ptr + 128) & -128) - (int) ptr; /* But not beyond specified end. */ if (nwrite > end - ptr) nwrite = end - ptr; ret = write (new, ptr, nwrite); /* If write gets a page fault, it means we reached a gap between the old text segment and the old data segment. This gap has probably been remapped into part of the text segment. So write zeros for it. */ if (ret == -1 && errno == EFAULT) write (new, zeros, nwrite); else if (nwrite != ret) { sprintf (buf, "unexec write failure: addr 0x%x, fileno %d, size 0x%x, wrote 0x%x, errno %d", ptr, new, nwrite, ret, errno); PERROR (buf); } ptr += nwrite; } } /* **************************************************************** * copy_sym * * Copy the relocation information and symbol table from the a.out to the new */ static int copy_sym (new, a_out, a_name, new_name) int new, a_out; char *a_name, *new_name; { char page[1024]; int n; if (a_out < 0) return 0; if (SYMS_START == 0L) return 0; lseek (a_out, SYMS_START, 0); /* Position a.out to symtab. */ lseek( new, (long)f_ohdr.o_symptr, 0 ); while ((n = read (a_out, page, sizeof (page))) > 0) { if (write (new, page, n) != n) { PERROR (new_name); } } if (n < 0) { PERROR (a_name); } return 0; } /* **************************************************************** * mark_x * * After successfully building the new a.out, mark it executable */ static mark_x (name) char *name; { struct stat sbuf; int um; int new = 0; /* for PERROR */ um = umask (777); umask (um); if (stat (name, &sbuf) == -1) { PERROR (name); } sbuf.st_mode |= 0111 & ~um; if (chmod (name, sbuf.st_mode) == -1) PERROR (name); } /* Find the first pty letter. This is usually 'p', as in ptyp0, but is sometimes configured down to 'm', 'n', or 'o' for some reason. */ first_pty_letter () { struct stat buf; char pty_name[16]; char c; for (c = 'o'; c >= 'a'; c--) { sprintf (pty_name, "/dev/pty%c0", c); if (stat (pty_name, &buf) < 0) return c + 1; } return 'a'; }