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/*

  pkgit - package it!

  Copyright (C) 2026 dacctal
  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

#include "cmd_out.h"

char* cmd_out(const char *cmd) {
	FILE *pipe = popen(cmd, "r");
	if (!pipe) return strdup("");

	char buffer[128];
	size_t total_size = 0;
	size_t capacity = 256;
	char *result = malloc(capacity);
	if (!result) {
		pclose(pipe);
		return strdup("");
	}
	result[0] = '\0';

	while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), pipe) != NULL) {
		size_t len = strlen(buffer);
		if (total_size + len + 1 > capacity) {
			capacity *= 2;
			char *new_result = realloc(result, capacity);
			if (!new_result) {
				free(result);
				pclose(pipe);
				return strdup("");
			}
			result = new_result;
		}
		strcat(result, buffer);
		total_size += len;
	}

	pclose(pipe);
	return result;
}