# HG changeset patch
# User Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
# Date 1396378859 -7200
# Node ID 5ab2946f7ce560985830fbc3c453bb0f7a01f385
# Parent  eabbe5a74948b9b9333dce725823fabd8dec7f40
updated for version 7.4.235
Problem:    It is not easy to get the full path of a command.
Solution:   Add the exepath() function.

diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1562,6 +1562,10 @@ v:progname	Contains the name (with path 
 v:progpath	Contains the command with which Vim was invoked, including the
 		path.  Useful if you want to message a Vim server using a
 		|--remote-expr|.
+		To get the full path use: >
+			echo exepath(v:progpath)
+<		NOTE: This does not work when the command is a relative path
+		and the current directory has changed.
 		Read-only.
 
 					*v:register* *register-variable*
@@ -1762,6 +1766,7 @@ escape( {string}, {chars})	String	escape
 eval( {string})			any	evaluate {string} into its value
 eventhandler( )			Number	TRUE if inside an event handler
 executable( {expr})		Number	1 if executable {expr} exists
+exepath( {expr})		String  full path of the command {expr}
 exists( {expr})			Number	TRUE if {expr} exists
 extend( {expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
 				List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1}
@@ -2706,6 +2711,15 @@ executable({expr})					*executable()*
 			0	does not exist
 			-1	not implemented on this system
 
+exepath({expr})						*exepath()*
+		If {expr} is an executable and is either an absolute path, a
+		relative path or found in $PATH, return the full path.
+		Note that the current directory is used when {expr} starts
+		with "./", which may be a problem for Vim: >
+			echo exepath(v:progpath)
+< 		If {expr} cannot be found in $PATH or is not executable then
+		an empty string is returned.
+
 							*exists()*
 exists({expr})	The result is a Number, which is non-zero if {expr} is
 		defined, zero otherwise.  The {expr} argument is a string,
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ static void f_escape __ARGS((typval_T *a
 static void f_eval __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
 static void f_eventhandler __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
 static void f_executable __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
+static void f_exepath __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
 static void f_exists __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
 static void f_exp __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv));
@@ -7920,6 +7921,7 @@ static struct fst
     {"eval",		1, 1, f_eval},
     {"eventhandler",	0, 0, f_eventhandler},
     {"executable",	1, 1, f_executable},
+    {"exepath",		1, 1, f_exepath},
     {"exists",		1, 1, f_exists},
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
     {"exp",		1, 1, f_exp},
@@ -10046,7 +10048,22 @@ f_executable(argvars, rettv)
     typval_T	*argvars;
     typval_T	*rettv;
 {
-    rettv->vval.v_number = mch_can_exe(get_tv_string(&argvars[0]));
+    rettv->vval.v_number = mch_can_exe(get_tv_string(&argvars[0]), NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * "exepath()" function
+ */
+    static void
+f_exepath(argvars, rettv)
+    typval_T	*argvars;
+    typval_T	*rettv;
+{
+    char_u *p = NULL;
+
+    (void)mch_can_exe(get_tv_string(&argvars[0]), &p);
+    rettv->v_type = VAR_STRING;
+    rettv->vval.v_string = p;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -10728,7 +10728,7 @@ addfile(gap, f, flags)
 	return;
 
     /* If the file isn't executable, may not add it.  Do accept directories. */
-    if (!isdir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(f))
+    if (!isdir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(f, NULL))
 	return;
 
     /* Make room for another item in the file list. */
diff --git a/src/os_amiga.c b/src/os_amiga.c
--- a/src/os_amiga.c
+++ b/src/os_amiga.c
@@ -884,8 +884,9 @@ mch_mkdir(name)
  * Return -1 if unknown.
  */
     int
-mch_can_exe(name)
+mch_can_exe(name, path)
     char_u	*name;
+    char_u	**path;
 {
     /* TODO */
     return -1;
diff --git a/src/os_msdos.c b/src/os_msdos.c
--- a/src/os_msdos.c
+++ b/src/os_msdos.c
@@ -2945,14 +2945,17 @@ mch_isdir(char_u *name)
  * Return -1 if unknown.
  */
     int
-mch_can_exe(name)
+mch_can_exe(name, path)
     char_u	*name;
+    char_u	**path;
 {
     char	*p;
 
     p = searchpath(name);
     if (p == NULL || mch_isdir(p))
 	return FALSE;
+    if (path != NULL)
+	*path = vim_strsave(p);
     return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -2992,8 +2992,9 @@ executable_file(name)
  * Return -1 if unknown.
  */
     int
-mch_can_exe(name)
+mch_can_exe(name, path)
     char_u	*name;
+    char_u	**path;
 {
     char_u	*buf;
     char_u	*p, *e;
@@ -3003,7 +3004,18 @@ mch_can_exe(name)
     if (mch_isFullName(name) || (name[0] == '.' && (name[1] == '/'
 				      || (name[1] == '.' && name[2] == '/'))))
     {
-	return executable_file(name);
+	if (executable_file(name))
+	{
+	    if (path != NULL)
+	    {
+		if (name[0] == '.')
+		    *path = FullName_save(name, TRUE);
+		else
+		    *path = vim_strsave(name);
+	    }
+	    return TRUE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
     }
 
     p = (char_u *)getenv("PATH");
@@ -3032,7 +3044,16 @@ mch_can_exe(name)
 	STRCAT(buf, name);
 	retval = executable_file(buf);
 	if (retval == 1)
+	{
+	    if (path != NULL)
+	    {
+		if (buf[0] == '.')
+		    *path = FullName_save(buf, TRUE);
+		else
+		    *path = vim_strsave(buf);
+	    }
 	    break;
+	}
 
 	if (*e != ':')
 	    break;
@@ -5592,7 +5613,7 @@ mch_expand_wildcards(num_pat, pat, num_f
 		    continue;
 
 		/* Skip files that are not executable if we check for that. */
-		if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(p))
+		if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(p, NULL))
 		    continue;
 
 		if (--files_free == 0)
@@ -6090,7 +6111,7 @@ mch_expand_wildcards(num_pat, pat, num_f
 	    continue;
 
 	/* Skip files that are not executable if we check for that. */
-	if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe((*file)[i]))
+	if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe((*file)[i], NULL))
 	    continue;
 
 	p = alloc((unsigned)(STRLEN((*file)[i]) + 1 + dir));
@@ -6317,7 +6338,7 @@ gpm_close()
 
 /* Reads gpm event and adds special keys to input buf. Returns length of
  * generated key sequence.
- * This function is made after gui_send_mouse_event
+ * This function is styled after gui_send_mouse_event().
  */
     static int
 mch_gpm_process()
diff --git a/src/os_vms.c b/src/os_vms.c
--- a/src/os_vms.c
+++ b/src/os_vms.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ mch_expand_wildcards(int num_pat, char_u
 		continue;
 
 	    /* Skip files that are not executable if we check for that. */
-	    if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(vms_fmatch[i]))
+	    if (!dir && (flags & EW_EXEC) && !mch_can_exe(vms_fmatch[i], NULL))
 		continue;
 
 	    /* allocate memory for pointers */
diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ theend:
  * TODO: Should somehow check if it's really executable.
  */
     static int
-executable_exists(char *name)
+executable_exists(char *name, char_u **path)
 {
     char	*dum;
     char	fname[_MAX_PATH];
@@ -1905,6 +1905,8 @@ executable_exists(char *name)
 		    return FALSE;
 		if (GetFileAttributesW(fnamew) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 		    return FALSE;
+		if (path != NULL)
+		    *path = utf16_to_enc(fnamew, NULL);
 		return TRUE;
 	    }
 	    /* Retry with non-wide function (for Windows 98). */
@@ -1915,6 +1917,8 @@ executable_exists(char *name)
 	return FALSE;
     if (mch_isdir(fname))
 	return FALSE;
+    if (path != NULL)
+	*path = vim_strsave(fname);
     return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -1996,7 +2000,7 @@ mch_init(void)
 	    vimrun_path = (char *)vim_strsave(vimrun_location);
 	    s_dont_use_vimrun = FALSE;
 	}
-	else if (executable_exists("vimrun.exe"))
+	else if (executable_exists("vimrun.exe", NULL))
 	    s_dont_use_vimrun = FALSE;
 
 	/* Don't give the warning for a missing vimrun.exe right now, but only
@@ -2010,7 +2014,7 @@ mch_init(void)
      * If "finstr.exe" doesn't exist, use "grep -n" for 'grepprg'.
      * Otherwise the default "findstr /n" is used.
      */
-    if (!executable_exists("findstr.exe"))
+    if (!executable_exists("findstr.exe", NULL))
 	set_option_value((char_u *)"grepprg", 0, (char_u *)"grep -n", 0);
 
 #ifdef FEAT_CLIPBOARD
@@ -3330,7 +3334,7 @@ mch_writable(char_u *name)
  * Return -1 if unknown.
  */
     int
-mch_can_exe(char_u *name)
+mch_can_exe(char_u *name, char_u **path)
 {
     char_u	buf[_MAX_PATH];
     int		len = (int)STRLEN(name);
@@ -3343,7 +3347,7 @@ mch_can_exe(char_u *name)
      * this with a Unix-shell like 'shell'. */
     if (vim_strchr(gettail(name), '.') != NULL
 			       || strstr((char *)gettail(p_sh), "sh") != NULL)
-	if (executable_exists((char *)name))
+	if (executable_exists((char *)name, path))
 	    return TRUE;
 
     /*
@@ -3365,7 +3369,7 @@ mch_can_exe(char_u *name)
 	}
 	else
 	    copy_option_part(&p, buf + len, _MAX_PATH - len, ";");
-	if (executable_exists((char *)buf))
+	if (executable_exists((char *)buf, path))
 	    return TRUE;
     }
     return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/proto/os_amiga.pro b/src/proto/os_amiga.pro
--- a/src/proto/os_amiga.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_amiga.pro
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int mch_setperm __ARGS((char_u *name, lo
 void mch_hide __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_isdir __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_mkdir __ARGS((char_u *name));
-int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name));
+int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name, char_u **path));
 int mch_nodetype __ARGS((char_u *name));
 void mch_early_init __ARGS((void));
 void mch_exit __ARGS((int r));
diff --git a/src/proto/os_msdos.pro b/src/proto/os_msdos.pro
--- a/src/proto/os_msdos.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_msdos.pro
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ long mch_getperm __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_setperm __ARGS((char_u *name, long perm));
 void mch_hide __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_isdir __ARGS((char_u *name));
-int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name));
+int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name, char_u **path));
 int mch_nodetype __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_dirname __ARGS((char_u *buf, int len));
 int mch_remove __ARGS((char_u *name));
diff --git a/src/proto/os_unix.pro b/src/proto/os_unix.pro
--- a/src/proto/os_unix.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_unix.pro
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void mch_set_acl __ARGS((char_u *fname, 
 void mch_free_acl __ARGS((vim_acl_T aclent));
 void mch_hide __ARGS((char_u *name));
 int mch_isdir __ARGS((char_u *name));
-int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name));
+int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name, char_u **path));
 int mch_nodetype __ARGS((char_u *name));
 void mch_early_init __ARGS((void));
 void mch_free_mem __ARGS((void));
diff --git a/src/proto/os_win32.pro b/src/proto/os_win32.pro
--- a/src/proto/os_win32.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_win32.pro
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int mch_is_symbolic_link __ARGS((char_u 
 int mch_is_linked __ARGS((char_u *fname));
 int win32_fileinfo __ARGS((char_u *fname, BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION *info));
 int mch_writable __ARGS((char_u *name));
-int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name));
+int mch_can_exe __ARGS((char_u *name, char_u **path));
 int mch_nodetype __ARGS((char_u *name));
 vim_acl_T mch_get_acl __ARGS((char_u *fname));
 void mch_set_acl __ARGS((char_u *fname, vim_acl_T acl));
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    235,
+/**/
     234,
 /**/
     233,