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+++ b/src/util_linux.c	Mon Mar 23 12:41:52 2015 +0100
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+#ifndef WIN32
+/* Copyright (C) 2014 by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
+ * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
+ * See LICENSE.txt for details.
+ */
+
+/**@file Linux implementation of functions declared in util.h */
+
+#include "util.h"
+#include "string.h"
+#include "strhelp.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
+char *
+get_proc_install_dir(const char *proc)
+{
+  char *retval = NULL,
+       *procpath = NULL,
+       *p = NULL,
+        buf[MAX_PATH_LINUX];
+  ssize_t ret;
+  size_t path_len = 0;
+
+  if (!proc)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  xasprintf(&procpath, "/proc/%s/exe", proc);
+
+  ret = readlink (procpath, buf, MAX_PATH_LINUX);
+  xfree(procpath);
+  procpath = NULL;
+
+  if (ret <= 0)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  buf[ret] = '\0';
+
+  /* cut off the filename */
+  p = strrchr (buf, '/');
+  if (p == NULL)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  *(p + 1) = '\0';
+
+  path_len = strlen (buf);
+  retval = xmalloc (path_len + 1);
+  strncpy (retval, buf, path_len);
+  retval[path_len] = '\0';
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+char *
+get_install_dir()
+{
+  return get_proc_install_dir("self");
+}
+
+
+#endif