Makefile

@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ RUSTLIBS = --extern getopt=build/o/libgetopt.rlib \
 CFLAGS += -I$(SYSEXITS)
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: dj false fop hru intcmp mm npc pschdir retval rpn scrut simexec str \
-	strcmp swab true
+all: dj false fop hru intcmp mm npc pschdir retval rpn scrut str strcmp swab true
 
 # keep build/include until bindgen(1) has stdin support
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen/issues/2703
@@ -143,11 +142,6 @@ scrut: build/bin/scrut
 build/bin/scrut: src/scrut.c build
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ src/scrut.c
 
-.PHONY: simexec
-simexec: build/bin/simexec
-build/bin/simexec: src/simexec.c build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ src/simexec.c
-
 .PHONY: str
 str: build/bin/str
 build/bin/str: src/str.c build

docs/simexec.1

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 2022–2024 DTB <trinity@trinity.moe>
-.\"
-.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
-.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
-.\"
-.TH SIMEXEC 1 2024-07-23 "Harakit-overgrown X.X.X"
-.SH NAME
-simexec \(en execute a program with argv
-.\"
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-
-simexec
-.B binary argv...
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-Execute a binary with a certain argv.
-.SH CAVEATS
-
-Non-binary programs cannot be executed on their own. The PATH environment
-variable is not used and a valid pathname (relative or absolute) must be
-specified.
-
-.BR simexec (1)
-requires caution.
-.B argv
-are not just the operands for the binary but in fact the direct
-.B argv
-it will receive in runtime;
-the first argv entry is the program\(cqs name, and omitting this, though valid
-use of
-.BR simexec (1),
-can break false assumptions made by programmers.
-for example, the
-.BR true (1)
-implementation in the GNU coreutils project suffers a segmentation fault it is
-given no argv[0].
-
-While POSIX.1-2017 doesn't mandate there being an argv[0] per se, a Strictly
-Conforming POSIX Application must pass an argv[0]. It has also been said that
-those who do not pass an argv[0] are mean and nasty and smell of elderberries.
-
-.BR simexec (1)
-directly uses the
-.BR execv (3p)
-library function. It cannot execute shell scripts intelligently (via shebang).
-It is inadviseable to use
-.BR simexec (1)
-to simply execute a program when other methods would suffice.
-.\"
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-
-.BR simexec (1)
-exits with the returned value of
-.BR execv (3p),
-which will be 255 if an error occurs in execution, such as the binary not being
-found.
-This is indistinguishable from the executed binary exiting with the same
-status.
-
-Simexec will print a error message and return the proper
-.BR sysexits.h (3)
-value if invoked in an invalid manner.
-.\"
-.SH AUTHOR
-
-Written by DTB
-.MT trinity@trinity.moe
-.ME .
-.\"
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-.\"
-Copyright \(co 2022–2024 DTB. License AGPLv3+: GNU AGPL version 3 or later
-<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
-.\"
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR execv (3p)
-
-The C89 standard's draft, section 2.1.2.2: "Hosted environment".
-
-POSIX.1-2017 System Interfaces: execv. Particularly under the RATIONALE section header.

src/simexec.c

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022–2024 DTB <trinity@trinity.moe>
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
- * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
- * later version.
- * 
- * 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. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), NULL */
-#include <unistd.h> /* execv(3), */
-#include <sysexits.h> /* EX_USAGE */
-
-char *program_name = "simexec";
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s binary argv...\n",
-			argv[0] == NULL ? program_name : argv[0]
-		);
-		return EX_USAGE;
-	}
-
-	execv(argv[1], &argv[2]);
-}