NAME

       fnpathfind - find a file in a list of directories

SYNOPSIS

       #include <publib.h>

       int fnpathfind(const char *path, const char *tgt,
                            char *res, size_t max);

DESCRIPTION

       pathfind  looks  for  a  file in a list of directories.  The argument `path' is a colon separated list of
       directories, typically the contents of an environment  variable  like  PATH,  MANPATH,  or  CDPATH.   The
       function  will  go  through  the  directories  in the path and look in each directory for a file given in
       argument `target' until it finds it.  Only an exact match is reported, no wild cards or globbing.

       The names that are matched are formed by taking an element from the path and prepending it to target.  An
       empty element means the current directory, as does the name ".".

       The  function  returns -1 for failure (not found or error), or the total size for the full name (the full
       name may have been truncated when stored into result).

BUGS

       The function uses dynamic memory allocation and may therefore fail due to insufficient memory.

       It is not trivial to know in which directory the search ended.  This makes is difficult to  continue  the
       search.

SEE ALSO

       publib(3), fname(3)

AUTHOR

       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)