package cmd import ( "flag" "fmt" "os" "os/user" "path" "strings" ) // Custom type which is registered in the flags library which cli uses for // argument parsing. This allows us to expand Value to an absolute path when // the argument is parsed type DirectoryString struct { Value string } func (self *DirectoryString) String() string { return self.Value } func (self *DirectoryString) Set(value string) error { self.Value = expandPath(value) return nil } func prefixFor(name string) (prefix string) { if len(name) == 1 { prefix = "-" } else { prefix = "--" } return prefix } func prefixedNames(fullName string) (prefixed string) { parts := strings.Split(fullName, ",") for i, name := range parts { name = strings.Trim(name, " ") prefixed += prefixFor(name) + name if i < len(parts)-1 { prefixed += ", " } } return prefixed } // Custom cli.Flag type which expand the received string to an absolute path. // e.g. ~/.ethereum -> /home/username/.ethereum type DirectoryFlag struct { Name string Value DirectoryString Usage string } func (self DirectoryFlag) String() string { fmtString := "%s %v\t%v" if len(self.Value.Value) > 0 { fmtString = "%s \"%v\"\t%v" } return fmt.Sprintf(fmtString, prefixedNames(self.Name), self.Value.Value, self.Usage) } func eachName(longName string, fn func(string)) { parts := strings.Split(longName, ",") for _, name := range parts { name = strings.Trim(name, " ") fn(name) } } // called by cli library, grabs variable from environment (if in env) // and adds variable to flag set for parsing. func (self DirectoryFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) { eachName(self.Name, func(name string) { set.Var(&self.Value, self.Name, self.Usage) }) } func (self DirectoryFlag) GetName() string { return self.Name } func (self *DirectoryFlag) Set(value string) { self.Value.Value = value } // Expands a file path // 1. replace tilde with users home dir // 2. expands embedded environment variables // 3. cleans the path, e.g. /a/b/../c -> /a/c // Note, it has limitations, e.g. ~someuser/tmp will not be expanded func expandPath(p string) string { if strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") || strings.HasPrefix(p, "~\\") { if home := homeDir(); home != "" { p = home + p[1:] } } return path.Clean(os.ExpandEnv(p)) } func homeDir() string { if home := os.Getenv("HOME"); home != "" { return home } if usr, err := user.Current(); err == nil { return usr.HomeDir } return "" }