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-rw-r--r--lisp/files.el9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index fa6d91fa421..99847b2f3fc 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -676,6 +676,13 @@ PATH-AND-SUFFIXES is a pair of lists (DIRECTORIES . SUFFIXES)."
((null action) (try-completion string names))
(t (test-completion string names))))))
+(defun executable-find (command)
+ "Search for COMMAND in `exec-path' and return the absolute file name.
+Return nil if COMMAND is not found anywhere in `exec-path'."
+ ;; Use 1 rather than file-executable-p to better match the behavior of
+ ;; call-process.
+ (locate-file command exec-path exec-suffixes 1))
+
(defun load-library (library)
"Load the library named LIBRARY.
This is an interface to the function `load'."
@@ -4855,5 +4862,5 @@ With prefix arg, silently save all file-visiting buffers, then kill."
(define-key ctl-x-5-map "\C-f" 'find-file-other-frame)
(define-key ctl-x-5-map "r" 'find-file-read-only-other-frame)
-;;; arch-tag: bc68d3ea-19ca-468b-aac6-3a4a7766101f
+;; arch-tag: bc68d3ea-19ca-468b-aac6-3a4a7766101f
;;; files.el ends here