- char *command2 = (char *) malloc (strlen (command) + 6);
- memcpy (command2, "exec ", 5);
- memcpy (command2 + 5, command, strlen (command) + 1);
+ char *command2 = (char *) malloc (strlen (command) + 10);
+ const char *s;
+ int got_eq = 0;
+ const char *after_vars;
+
+ /* Skip leading whitespace.
+ */
+ while (*command == ' ' || *command == '\t')
+ command++;
+
+ /* If the string has a series of tokens with "=" in them at them, set
+ `after_vars' to point into the string after those tokens and any
+ trailing whitespace. Otherwise, after_vars == command.
+ */
+ after_vars = command;
+ for (s = command; *s; s++)
+ {
+ if (*s == '=') got_eq = 1;
+ else if (*s == ' ')
+ {
+ if (got_eq)
+ {
+ while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t')
+ s++;
+ after_vars = s;
+ got_eq = 0;
+ }
+ else
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *command2 = 0;
+ strncat (command2, command, after_vars - command);
+ strcat (command2, "exec ");
+ strcat (command2, after_vars);
+
+ /* We have now done these transformations:
+ "foo -x -y" ==> "exec foo -x -y"
+ "BLAT=foop foo -x" ==> "BLAT=foop exec foo -x"
+ "BLAT=foop A=b foo -x" ==> "BLAT=foop A=b exec foo -x"
+ */
+