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+{
+    $Id$
+    This file is part of the Free Pascal run time library.
+    Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by Michael Van Canneyt,
+    member of the Free Pascal development team.
+
+    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
+    for details about the copyright.
+
+    This program 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.
+
+ **********************************************************************}
+
+{ These things are set in the makefile, }
+{ But you can override them here.}
+
+{ If you want to link to the C library, set the conditional crtlib }
+{ $define crtlib}
+
+{ If you use an aout system, set the conditional AOUT}
+{ $Define AOUT}
+
+Unit SysLinux;
+Interface
+
+{$ifdef m68k}
+{ used for single computations }
+const
+  BIAS4 = $7f-1;
+{$endif}
+
+{$I systemh.inc}
+{$I heaph.inc}
+
+const
+  UnusedHandle    = -1;
+  StdInputHandle  = 0;
+  StdOutputHandle = 1;
+  StdErrorHandle  = 2;
+
+var
+  argc : longint;
+  argv : ppchar;
+  envp : ppchar;
+
+Implementation
+
+{$I system.inc}
+
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  Procedure _rtl_exit(l: longint); cdecl;
+  Function  _rtl_paramcount: longint; cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_paramstr(st: pchar; l: longint); cdecl;
+  Function  _rtl_open(f: pchar; flags: longint): longint; cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_close(h: longint); cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_write(h: longint; addr: longInt; len : longint); cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_erase(p: pchar); cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_rename(p1: pchar; p2 : pchar); cdecl;
+  Function  _rtl_read(h: longInt; addr: longInt; len : longint) : longint; cdecl;
+  Function  _rtl_filepos(Handle: longint): longint; cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_seek(Handle: longint; pos:longint); cdecl;
+  Function  _rtl_filesize(Handle:longint): longInt; cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_rmdir(buffer: pchar); cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_mkdir(buffer: pchar); cdecl;
+  Procedure _rtl_chdir(buffer: pchar); cdecl;
+{$else}
+  { used in syscall to report errors.}
+  var
+    Errno : longint;
+
+  { Include constant and type definitions }
+  {$i errno.inc    }  { Error numbers                 }
+  {$i sysnr.inc    }  { System call numbers           }
+  {$i sysconst.inc }  { Miscellaneous constants       }
+  {$i systypes.inc }  { Types needed for system calls }
+
+  { Read actual system call definitions. }
+  {$i syscalls.inc }
+{$endif}
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                       Misc. System Dependent Functions
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+procedure prthaltproc;external name '_haltproc';
+
+procedure System_exit;
+begin
+{$ifdef i386}
+  asm
+        jmp     prthaltproc
+  end;
+{$else}
+  asm
+        jmp     prthaltproc
+  end;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Function ParamCount: Longint;
+Begin
+  Paramcount:=argc-1
+End;
+
+
+Function ParamStr(l: Longint): String;
+var
+  link,
+  hs : string;
+  i : longint;
+begin
+  if l=0 then
+   begin
+     str(sys_getpid,hs);
+     hs:='/proc/'+hs+'/exe'#0;
+     i:=Sys_readlink(@hs[1],@link[1],high(link));
+     if i>0 then
+      begin
+        link[0]:=chr(i);
+        paramstr:=link;
+      end
+     else
+      paramstr:=strpas(argv[0]);
+   end
+  else
+   if (l>0) and (l<argc) then
+    paramstr:=strpas(argv[l])
+  else
+    paramstr:='';
+end;
+
+
+Procedure Randomize;
+Begin
+  randseed:=sys_time;
+End;
+
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                              Heap Management
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+var
+  _HEAP : longint;external name 'HEAP';
+  _HEAPSIZE : longint;external name 'HEAPSIZE';
+
+function getheapstart:pointer;assembler;
+{$ifdef i386}
+asm
+        leal    _HEAP,%eax
+end ['EAX'];
+{$else}
+asm
+        lea.l   _HEAP,a0
+        move.l  a0,d0
+end;
+{$endif}
+
+
+function getheapsize:longint;assembler;
+{$ifdef i386}
+asm
+        movl    _HEAPSIZE,%eax
+end ['EAX'];
+{$else}
+asm
+       move.l   _HEAPSIZE,d0
+end ['D0'];
+{$endif}
+
+
+Function sbrk(size : longint) : Longint;
+begin
+  Sbrk:=do_syscall(197,0,size,3,$22,-1,0,0);
+  if ErrNo<>0 then
+   Sbrk:=0;
+end;
+
+{ include standard heap management }
+{$I heap.inc}
+
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                          Low Level File Routines
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+{
+  The lowlevel file functions should take care of setting the InOutRes to the
+  correct value if an error has occured, else leave it untouched
+}
+
+Procedure Errno2Inoutres;
+{
+  Convert ErrNo error to the correct Inoutres value
+}
+
+begin
+  if ErrNo=0 then { Else it will go through all the cases }
+   exit;
+  case ErrNo of
+   Sys_ENFILE,
+   Sys_EMFILE : Inoutres:=4;
+   Sys_ENOENT : Inoutres:=2;
+    Sys_EBADF : Inoutres:=6;
+   Sys_ENOMEM,
+   Sys_EFAULT : Inoutres:=217;
+   Sys_EINVAL : Inoutres:=218;
+    Sys_EPIPE,
+    Sys_EINTR,
+      Sys_EIO,
+   Sys_EAGAIN,
+   Sys_ENOSPC : Inoutres:=101;
+ Sys_ENAMETOOLONG,
+    Sys_ELOOP,
+  Sys_ENOTDIR : Inoutres:=3;
+    Sys_EROFS,
+   Sys_EEXIST,
+   Sys_EACCES : Inoutres:=5;
+  Sys_ETXTBSY : Inoutres:=162;
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Close(Handle:Longint);
+Begin
+  if Handle<=4 then
+   exit;
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_close(Handle);
+{$else}
+  sys_close(Handle);
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Erase(p:pchar);
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_erase(p);
+{$else}
+  sys_unlink(p);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Rename(p1,p2:pchar);
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_rename(p1,p2);
+{$else }
+  sys_rename(p1,p2);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Function Do_Write(Handle,Addr,Len:Longint):longint;
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_write(Handle,addr,len);
+  Do_Write:=Len;
+{$else}
+  Do_Write:=sys_write(Handle,pchar(addr),len);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+  if Do_Write<0 then
+   Do_Write:=0;
+End;
+
+
+Function Do_Read(Handle,Addr,Len:Longint):Longint;
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  Do_Read:=_rtl_read(Handle,addr,len);
+{$else}
+  Do_Read:=sys_read(Handle,pchar(addr),len);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+  if Do_Read<0 then
+   Do_Read:=0;
+End;
+
+
+Function Do_FilePos(Handle: Longint): Longint;
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  Do_FilePos:=_rtl_filepos(Handle);
+{$else}
+  Do_FilePos:=sys_lseek(Handle, 0, Seek_Cur);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Seek(Handle,Pos:Longint);
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_seek(Handle, Pos);
+{$else}
+  sys_lseek(Handle, pos, Seek_set);
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Function Do_SeekEnd(Handle:Longint): Longint;
+begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  Do_SeekEnd:=_rtl_filesize(Handle);
+{$else}
+  Do_SeekEnd:=sys_lseek(Handle,0,Seek_End);
+{$endif}
+end;
+
+
+Function Do_FileSize(Handle:Longint): Longint;
+{$ifndef crtlib}
+var
+  Info : Stat;
+{$endif}
+Begin
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  Do_FileSize:=_rtl_filesize(Handle);
+{$else}
+  if do_SysCall(189,handle,longint(@info))=0 then
+   Do_FileSize:=Info.Size
+  else
+   Do_FileSize:=0;
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Truncate(Handle,Pos:longint);
+
+begin
+{$ifndef crtlib}
+  do_syscall(201,handle,pos);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+end;
+
+
+Procedure Do_Open(var f;p:pchar;flags:longint);
+{
+  FileRec and textrec have both Handle and mode as the first items so
+  they could use the same routine for opening/creating.
+  when (flags and $100)   the file will be append
+  when (flags and $1000)  the file will be truncate/rewritten
+  when (flags and $10000) there is no check for close (needed for textfiles)
+}
+var
+{$ifndef crtlib}
+  oflags : longint;
+{$endif}
+Begin
+{ close first if opened }
+  if ((flags and $10000)=0) then
+   begin
+     case FileRec(f).mode of
+      fminput,fmoutput,fminout : Do_Close(FileRec(f).Handle);
+      fmclosed : ;
+     else
+      begin
+        inoutres:=102; {not assigned}
+        exit;
+      end;
+     end;
+   end;
+{ reset file Handle }
+  FileRec(f).Handle:=UnusedHandle;
+{ We do the conversion of filemodes here, concentrated on 1 place }
+  case (flags and 3) of
+   0 : begin
+         oflags :=Open_RDONLY;
+         FileRec(f).mode:=fminput;
+       end;
+   1 : begin
+         oflags :=Open_WRONLY;
+         FileRec(f).mode:=fmoutput;
+       end;
+   2 : begin
+         oflags :=Open_RDWR;
+         FileRec(f).mode:=fminout;
+       end;
+  end;
+  if (flags and $1000)=$1000 then
+   oflags:=oflags or (Open_CREAT or Open_TRUNC)
+  else
+   if (flags and $100)=$100 then
+    oflags:=oflags or (Open_APPEND);
+{ empty name is special }
+  if p[0]=#0 then
+   begin
+     case FileRec(f).mode of
+       fminput :
+         FileRec(f).Handle:=StdInputHandle;
+       fminout, { this is set by rewrite }
+       fmoutput :
+         FileRec(f).Handle:=StdOutputHandle;
+       fmappend :
+         begin
+           FileRec(f).Handle:=StdOutputHandle;
+           FileRec(f).mode:=fmoutput; {fool fmappend}
+         end;
+     end;
+     exit;
+   end;
+{ real open call }
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  FileRec(f).Handle:=_rtl_open(p, oflags);
+  if FileRec(f).Handle<0 then
+   InOutRes:=2
+  else
+   InOutRes:=0;
+{$else}
+  FileRec(f).Handle:=sys_open(p,oflags,438);
+  if (ErrNo=Sys_EROFS) and ((OFlags and Open_RDWR)<>0) then
+   begin
+     Oflags:=Oflags and not(Open_RDWR);
+     FileRec(f).Handle:=sys_open(p,oflags,438);
+   end;
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Function Do_IsDevice(Handle:Longint):boolean;
+{
+  Interface to Unix ioctl call.
+  Performs various operations on the filedescriptor Handle.
+  Ndx describes the operation to perform.
+  Data points to data needed for the Ndx function. The structure of this
+  data is function-dependent.
+}
+var
+  Data : array[0..255] of byte; {Large enough for termios info}
+begin
+  Do_IsDevice:=(do_SysCall(54,handle,$5401,longint(@data))=0);
+end;
+
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                           UnTyped File Handling
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+{$i file.inc}
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                           Typed File Handling
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+{$i typefile.inc}
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                           Text File Handling
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+{$DEFINE SHORT_LINEBREAK}
+{$DEFINE EXTENDED_EOF}
+
+{$i text.inc}
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                           Directory Handling
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+Procedure MkDir(Const s: String);[IOCheck];
+Var
+  Buffer: Array[0..255] of Char;
+Begin
+  If InOutRes <> 0 then exit;
+  Move(s[1], Buffer, Length(s));
+  Buffer[Length(s)] := #0;
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_mkdir(@buffer);
+{$else}
+  sys_mkdir(@buffer, 511);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure RmDir(Const s: String);[IOCheck];
+Var
+  Buffer: Array[0..255] of Char;
+Begin
+  If InOutRes <> 0 then exit;
+  Move(s[1], Buffer, Length(s));
+  Buffer[Length(s)] := #0;
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_rmdir(@buffer);
+{$else}
+  sys_rmdir(@buffer);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+Procedure ChDir(Const s: String);[IOCheck];
+Var
+  Buffer: Array[0..255] of Char;
+Begin
+  If InOutRes <> 0 then exit;
+  Move(s[1], Buffer, Length(s));
+  Buffer[Length(s)] := #0;
+{$ifdef crtlib}
+  _rtl_chdir(@buffer);
+{$else}
+  sys_chdir(@buffer);
+  Errno2Inoutres;
+{$endif}
+End;
+
+
+procedure getdir(drivenr : byte;var dir : shortstring);
+{$ifndef crtlib}
+var
+  thisdir      : stat;
+  rootino,
+  thisino,
+  dotdotino    : longint;
+  rootdev,
+  thisdev,
+  dotdotdev    : word;
+  thedir,dummy : string[255];
+  dirstream    : pdir;
+  d            : pdirent;
+  mountpoint   : boolean;
+  predot       : string[255];
+{$endif}
+begin
+  drivenr:=0;
+  dir:='';
+{$ifndef crtlib}
+  thedir:='/'#0;
+  if sys_stat(@thedir[1],thisdir)<0 then
+   exit;
+  rootino:=thisdir.ino;
+  rootdev:=thisdir.dev;
+  thedir:='.'#0;
+  if sys_stat(@thedir[1],thisdir)<0 then
+   exit;
+  thisino:=thisdir.ino;
+  thisdev:=thisdir.dev;
+  { Now we can uniquely identify the current and root dir }
+  thedir:='';
+  predot:='';
+  while not ((thisino=rootino) and (thisdev=rootdev)) do
+   begin
+   { Are we on a mount point ? }
+     dummy:=predot+'..'#0;
+     if sys_stat(@dummy[1],thisdir)<0 then
+      exit;
+     dotdotino:=thisdir.ino;
+     dotdotdev:=thisdir.dev;
+     mountpoint:=(thisdev<>dotdotdev);
+   { Now, Try to find the name of this dir in the previous one }
+     dirstream:=opendir (@dummy[1]);
+     if dirstream=nil then
+      exit;
+     repeat
+       d:=sys_readdir (dirstream);
+       if (d<>nil) and
+          (not ((d^.name[0]='.') and ((d^.name[1]=#0) or ((d^.name[1]='.') and (d^.name[2]=#0))))) and
+          (mountpoint or (d^.ino=thisino)) then
+        begin
+          dummy:=predot+'../'+strpas(@(d^.name[0]))+#0;
+          if sys_stat (@(dummy[1]),thisdir)<0 then
+           d:=nil;
+        end;
+     until (d=nil) or ((thisdir.dev=thisdev) and (thisdir.ino=thisino) );
+     if (closedir(dirstream)<0) or (d=nil) then
+      exit;
+   { At this point, d.name contains the name of the current dir}
+     thedir:='/'+strpas(@(d^.name[0]))+thedir;
+     thisdev:=dotdotdev;
+     thisino:=dotdotino;
+     predot:=predot+'../';
+   end;
+{ Now rootino=thisino and rootdev=thisdev so we've reached / }
+  dir:=thedir
+{$endif}
+end;
+
+
+{*****************************************************************************
+                         SystemUnit Initialization
+*****************************************************************************}
+
+Procedure SignalToRunError(Sig:longint);
+begin
+  case sig of
+    8 : HandleError(200);
+   11 : HandleError(216);
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+Procedure InstallSignals;
+begin
+{  sr.reg3:=longint(@SignalToRunError);
+  { sigsegv }
+  sr.reg2:=11;
+  syscall(syscall_nr_signal,sr);
+  { sigfpe }
+  sr.reg2:=8;
+  syscall(syscall_nr_signal,sr);
+}
+end;
+
+
+procedure SetupCmdLine;
+var
+  bufsize,
+  len,j,
+  size,i : longint;
+  found  : boolean;
+  buf    : array[0..1026] of char;
+
+  procedure AddBuf;
+  begin
+    reallocmem(cmdline,size+bufsize);
+    move(buf,cmdline[size],bufsize);
+    inc(size,bufsize);
+    bufsize:=0;
+  end;
+
+begin
+  size:=0;
+  bufsize:=0;
+  i:=0;
+  while (i<argc) do
+   begin
+     len:=strlen(argv[i]);
+     if len>sizeof(buf)-2 then
+      len:=sizeof(buf)-2;
+     found:=false;
+     for j:=1 to len do
+      if argv[i][j]=' ' then
+       begin
+         found:=true;
+         break;
+       end;
+     if bufsize+len>=sizeof(buf)-2 then
+      AddBuf;
+     if found then
+      begin
+        buf[bufsize]:='"';
+        inc(bufsize);
+      end;
+     move(argv[i]^,buf[bufsize],len);
+     inc(bufsize,len);
+     if found then
+      begin
+        buf[bufsize]:='"';
+        inc(bufsize);
+      end;
+     if i<argc then
+      buf[bufsize]:=' '
+     else
+      buf[bufsize]:=#0;
+     inc(bufsize);
+     inc(i);
+   end;
+  AddBuf;
+end;
+
+
+Begin
+{ Set up signals handlers }
+  InstallSignals;
+{ Setup heap }
+  InitHeap;
+  InitExceptions;
+{ Arguments }
+  SetupCmdLine;
+{ Setup stdin, stdout and stderr }
+  OpenStdIO(Input,fmInput,StdInputHandle);
+  OpenStdIO(Output,fmOutput,StdOutputHandle);
+  OpenStdIO(StdOut,fmOutput,StdOutputHandle);
+  OpenStdIO(StdErr,fmOutput,StdErrorHandle);
+{ Reset IO Error }
+  InOutRes:=0;
+End.
+
+{
+  $Log$
+  Revision 1.1  2000-03-01 20:23:07  marco
+   * Initial version. Compiles (syscall.inc inclusion prob has to be solved
+
+  Revision 1.37  2000/02/09 16:59:32  peter
+    * truncated log
+
+  Revision 1.36  2000/02/09 12:17:51  peter
+    * moved halt to system.inc
+    * syslinux doesn't use direct asm anymore
+
+  Revision 1.35  2000/02/08 11:47:09  peter
+    * paramstr(0) support
+
+  Revision 1.34  2000/01/20 23:38:02  peter
+    * support fm_inout as stdoutput for assign(f,'');rewrite(f,1); becuase
+      rewrite opens always with filemode 2
+
+  Revision 1.33  2000/01/16 22:25:38  peter
+    * check handle for file closing
+
+  Revision 1.32  2000/01/07 16:41:41  daniel
+    * copyright 2000
+
+  Revision 1.31  2000/01/07 16:32:28  daniel
+    * copyright 2000 added
+
+  Revision 1.30  1999/12/01 22:57:31  peter
+    * cmdline support
+
+  Revision 1.29  1999/11/06 14:39:12  peter
+    * truncated log
+
+  Revision 1.28  1999/10/28 09:50:06  peter
+    * use mmap instead of brk
+
+  Revision 1.27  1999/09/10 15:40:35  peter
+    * fixed do_open flags to be > $100, becuase filemode can be upto 255
+
+  Revision 1.26  1999/09/08 16:14:43  peter
+    * pointer fixes
+
+  Revision 1.25  1999/07/28 23:18:36  peter
+    * closedir fixes, which now disposes the pdir itself
+
+}
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