guile-config/scripts/runbut

#!/usr/bin/env guile
!#
;;; runbut.scm --- Run program if it's not one of the undesired ones

;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Kost

;; Author: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
;; Created: 4 Mar 2016

;; 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 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 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;; Commentary:

;; If you have several programs with the same name in $PATH, you can use
;; this script to avoid running particular ones.

;; For example, if there is "/bin/foo" program and you want to make a
;; wrapper shell script "~/bin/foo" (which has a priority in your
;; $PATH), this script may look like this:
;;
;;   #!/bin/bash
;;
;;   runbut foo "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" -- "$@" &>> /dev/null
;;
;; So when you run "foo" in the command-line, "~/bin/foo" is started and
;; with a help of "runbut" it runs another available "foo" (which is
;; "/bin/foo").

;;; Code:

(use-modules
 (ice-9 match)
 (srfi srfi-11)
 (al files)
 (al messages)
 (al utils))

(define (show-help)
  (format #t "Usage: ~a PROGRAM [FILES ...] [-- ARGS ...]
Find PROGRAM in $PATH if it is not one of FILES and run it with ARGS.
"
           (car (command-line))))

(define (main args)
  (match (cdr args)
    (((or "-h" "--help" "help") _ ...)
     (show-help))
    ((program rest ...)
     (let-values (((files args) (split rest "--")))
       (let ((prog (apply which-but program files)))
         (if prog
             (apply system* prog args)
             (leave "Program not found: ~a" program)))))
    (_ (show-help))))

(when (batch-mode?)
  (main (command-line)))

;;; runbut.scm ends here