Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@lyda
Created May 11, 2019 08:12
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save lyda/b110dd08847fbd54e08e8bef803ac5d9 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save lyda/b110dd08847fbd54e08e8bef803ac5d9 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
{$mode TP}
program test;
uses baseunix,strings;
const vcs_device:shortint=-1;
function try_grab_vcsa_in_path(path:Pchar;len:cardinal):boolean;
const grab_vcsa='/grab_vcsa';
grab_vcsa_s:array[1..length(grab_vcsa)] of char=grab_vcsa;
var p:Pchar;
child:Tpid;
status:cint;
pstat:stat;
begin
getmem(p,len+length(grab_vcsa)+1);
move(path^,p^,len);
move(grab_vcsa_s,(p+len)^,length(grab_vcsa));
(p+len+length(grab_vcsa))^:=#0;
{Check if file exists.}
if fpstat(p,pstat)<>0 then
begin
try_grab_vcsa_in_path:=false;
exit;
end;
child:=fpfork;
if child=0 then
begin
fpexecve(p,nil,nil);
halt(255); {fpexec must have failed...}
end;
fpwaitpid(child,status,0);
try_grab_vcsa_in_path:=status=0; {Return true if success.}
freemem(p);
end;
function try_grab_vcsa:boolean;
{If we cannot open /dev/vcsa0-31 it usually because we do not have
permission. At login the owner of the tty you login is set to yourself.
This is not done for vcsa, which is kinda strange as vcsa is revoke from
you when you log out. We try to call a setuid root helper which chowns
the vcsa device so we can get access to the screen buffer...}
var path,p:Pchar;
begin
try_grab_vcsa:=false;
path:=fpgetenv('PATH');
if path=nil then
exit;
p:=strscan(path,':');
while p<>nil do
begin
if try_grab_vcsa_in_path(path,p-path) then
begin
try_grab_vcsa:=true;
exit;
end;
path:=p+1;
p:=strscan(path,':');
end;
if try_grab_vcsa_in_path(path,strlen(path)) then
exit;
end;
procedure detect_linuxvcs;
var f:text;
c:char;
pid,ppid,dummy:integer;
device:longint;
s:string[15];
begin
{Extremely aggressive VCSA detection. Works even through Midnight
Commander. Idea from the C++ Turbo Vision project, credits go
to Martynas Kunigelis <algikun@santaka.sc-uni.ktu.lt>.}
pid:=fpgetpid;
repeat
str(pid,s);
write('/proc/'+s+'/stat: ');
assign(f,'/proc/'+s+'/stat');
{$I-}
reset(f);
{$I+}
if ioresult<>0 then
break;
read(f,dummy); write(dummy); write(' ');
read(f,c); write(c);
repeat
read(f,c); write(c);
until c=' ';
repeat
read(f,c); write(c);
until c=' ';
ppid:=pid;
read(f,pid); write(pid); write(' ');
read(f,dummy); write(dummy); write(' ');
read(f,dummy); write(dummy); write(' ');
read(f,device); writeln(device);
close(f);
if device and $ffffffc0=$00000400 then {/dev/tty*}
begin
vcs_device:=device and $3f;
break;
end;
until (device=0) {Not attached to a terminal, i.e. an xterm.}
or (pid=-1)
or (ppid=pid);
end;
begin
{Put in procedure because there are quite a bit of variables which are made
temporary this way.}
detect_linuxvcs;
writeln(vcs_device);
end.
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment