updates after 4 years

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index ed35653..ed62f61 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -22,11 +22,42 @@ var msecDelay int = 20 // check every 20 milliseconds
 // exiterr.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus)
 
 // var newfile *shell.File
+func RunString(args string) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func Run(args []string) bool {
+	dir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		println("Failed to get current directory:", err)
+		return false
+	}
 
-func Run(cmdline string) string {
-	test := New()
-	test.Exec(cmdline)
-	return Chomp(test.Buffer)
+	return RunPath(dir, args)
+}
+
+func RunPath(path string, args []string) bool {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return false
+	}
+	if args[0] == "" {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return false
+	}
+	thing := args[0]
+	parts := args[1:]
+	cmd := exec.Command(thing, parts...)
+	cmd.Dir = path
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	println("path =", path, "cmd =", strings.Join(args, " "))
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		// Handle error if the command execution fails
+		println("Error executing command:", err.Error())
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
 }
 
 func (cmd *Shell) Run(cmdline string) string {