Repository: bitcoin/bitcoin
File: src/bitcoin.cpp (C++)

Code before:
    exec_args.emplace_back(nullptr);

    // Try to call execvp with given exe path.
    auto try_exec = [&](fs::path exe_path, bool allow_notfound = true) {
        std::string exe_path_str{fs::PathToString(exe_path)};
        exec_args[0] = exe_path_str.c_str();
        if (ExecVp(exec_args[0], (char*const*)exec_args.data()) == -1) {
            if (allow_notfound && errno == ENOENT) return false;
            throw std::system_error(errno, std::system_category(), strprintf("execvp failed to execute '%s'", exec_args[0]));
        }
        return true; // Will not actually be reached if execvp succeeds
    };

    // Try to figure out where wrapper executable is located. This does a
    // simplified search that won't work perfectly on every platform and doesn't
    // need to, as it is only trying to prioritize locally built or installed
    // executables over system executables. We may want to add options to
    // customize this behavior in the future, though.
    const fs::path wrapper_argv0_path{fs::PathFromString(std::string{wrapper_argv0})};
    fs::path wrapper_path{wrapper_argv0_path};
    // Whether to use system PATH variable to locate wrapper executable and
    // search for other executables. Only search PATH if wrapper executable was
    // invoked using the PATH, to avoid unintentionally launching system
    // executables in a local build.
    // (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31375#discussion_r1861814807)
    const bool search_system_path{!wrapper_argv0_path.has_parent_path()};
    std::error_code ec;
#ifndef WIN32
    if (search_system_path) {
        if (const char* path_env = std::getenv("PATH")) {
            size_t start{0}, end{0};
            for (std::string_view paths{path_env}; end != std::string_view::npos; start = end + 1) {
                end = paths.find(':', start);
                fs::path candidate = fs::path(paths.substr(start, end - start)) / wrapper_argv0_path;
                if (fs::is_regular_file(candidate, ec)) {
                    wrapper_path = candidate;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
#else
    wchar_t module_path[MAX_PATH];
    if (GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, module_path, MAX_PATH) > 0) {
        wrapper_path = fs::path{module_path};
    } else {
        tfm::format(std::cerr, "Warning: Failed to get executable path. Error: %s\n", GetLastError());
    }
#endif

    // Try to resolve any symlinks and figure out actual directory containing the wrapper executable.

Review comment (bug):
On Windows the [current directory is also searched (before PATH)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/path) for executable location. So, if the current directory is `C:\bitcoin\src` (which is not in PATH) and the user types `bitcoin` (not `.\bitcoin`) and presses `<enter>` and if `C:\bitcoin\src\bitcoin` exists then it will be executed. This means that the variable `search_system_path` will be wrongly set to `true` in this case.

Code after:
// Copyright (c) 2025 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#include <bitcoin-build-config.h> // IWYU pragma: keep

#include <clientversion.h>
#include <util/fs.h>
#include <util/exec.h>
#include <util/strencodings.h>
#include <util/translation.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <tinyformat.h>
#include <vector>

const TranslateFn G_TRANSLATION_FUN{nullptr};

static constexpr auto HELP_USAGE = R"(Usage: %s [OPTIONS] COMMAND...

Options:
  -m, --multiprocess     Run multiprocess binaries bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui.
  -M, --monolithic       Run monolithic binaries bitcoind, bitcoin-qt. (Default behavior)
  -v, --version          Show version information
  -h, --help             Show this help message

Commands:
  gui [ARGS]     Start GUI, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-qt [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-gui [ARGS]'.
  node [ARGS]    Start node, equivalent to running 'bitcoind [ARGS]' or 'bitcoin-node [ARGS]'.
  rpc [ARGS]     Call RPC method, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-cli -named [ARGS]'.
  wallet [ARGS]  Call wallet command, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-wallet [ARGS]'.
  tx [ARGS]      Manipulate hex-encoded transactions, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-tx [ARGS]'.
  help [-a]      Show this help message. Include -a or --all to show additional commands.
)";

static constexpr auto HELP_EXTRA = R"(
Additional less commonly used commands:
  bench [ARGS]      Run bench command, equivalent to running 'bench_bitcoin [ARGS]'.
  chainstate [ARGS] Run bitcoin kernel chainstate util, equivalent to running 'bitcoin-chainstate [ARGS]'.
  test [ARGS]       Run unit tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin [ARGS]'.
  test-gui [ARGS]   Run GUI unit tests, equivalent to running 'test_bitcoin-qt [ARGS]'.
)";

struct CommandLine {
    bool use_multiprocess{false};
    bool show_version{false};
    bool show_help{false};
    bool show_help_all{false};
    std::string_view command;
    std::vector<const char*> args;
};

CommandLine ParseCommandLine(int argc, char* argv[]);
static void ExecCommand(const std::vector<const char*>& args, std::string_view argv0);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    try {
        CommandLine cmd{ParseCommandLine(argc, argv)};
        if (cmd.show_version) {
            tfm::format(std::cout, "%s version %s\n%s", CLIENT_NAME, FormatFullVersion(), FormatParagraph(LicenseInfo()));
            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
        }

        std::vector<const char*> args;
        if (cmd.show_help || cmd.command.empty()) {
            tfm::format(std::cout, HELP_USAGE, argv[0]);
            if (cmd.show_help_all) tfm::format(std::cout, HELP_EXTRA);
            return cmd.show_help ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
        } else if (cmd.command == "gui") {
            args.emplace_back(cmd.use_multiprocess ? "bitcoin-gui" : "bitcoin-qt");
        } else if (cmd.command == "node") {
            args.emplace_back(cmd.use_multiprocess ? "bitcoin-node" : "bitcoind");
        } else if (cmd.command == "rpc") {
            args.emplace_back("bitcoin-cli");
            // Since "bitcoin rpc" is a new interface that doesn't need to be
            // backward compatible, enable -named by default so it is convenient
            // for callers to use a mix of named and unnamed parameters. Callers
            // can override this by specifying -nonamed, but should not need to
            // unless they are passing string values containing '=' characters
            // as unnamed parameters.
            args.emplace_back("-named");
        } else if (cmd.command == "wallet") {
            args.emplace_back("bitcoin-wallet");
        } else if (cmd.command == "tx") {
            args.emplace_back("bitcoin-tx");
        } else if (cmd.command == "bench") {
            args.emplace_back("bench_bitcoin");
        } else if (cmd.command == "chainstate") {
            args.emplace_back("bitcoin-chainstate");
        } else if (cmd.command == "test") {
            args.emplace_back("test_bitcoin");
        } else if (cmd.command == "test-gui") {
            args.emplace_back("test_bitcoin-qt");
        } else if (cmd.command == "util") {
            args.emplace_back("bitcoin-util");
        } else {
            throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("Unrecognized command: '%s'", cmd.command));
        }
        if (!args.empty()) {
            args.insert(args.end(), cmd.args.begin(), cmd.args.end());
            ExecCommand(args, argv[0]);
        }
    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
        tfm::format(std::cerr, "Error: %s\nTry '%s --help' for more information.\n", e.what(), argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CommandLine ParseCommandLine(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    CommandLine cmd;
    cmd.args.reserve(argc);
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
        std::string_view arg = argv[i];
        if (!cmd.command.empty()) {
            cmd.args.emplace_back(argv[i]);
        } else if (arg == "-m" || arg == "--multiprocess") {
            cmd.use_multiprocess = true;
        } else if (arg == "-M" || arg == "--monolithic") {
            cmd.use_multiprocess = false;
        } else if (arg == "-v" || arg == "--version") {
            cmd.show_version = true;
        } else if (arg == "-h" || arg == "--help" || arg == "help") {
            cmd.show_help = true;
        } else if (cmd.show_help && (arg == "-a" || arg == "--all")) {
            cmd.show_help_all = true;
        } else if (arg.starts_with("-")) {
            throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("Unknown option: %s", arg));
        } else if (!arg.empty()) {
            cmd.command = arg;
        }
    }
    return cmd;
}

//! Execute the specified bitcoind, bitcoin-qt or other command line in `args`
//! using src, bin and libexec directory paths relative to this executable, where
//! the path to this executable is specified in `wrapper_argv0`.
//!
//! @param args Command line arguments to execute, where first argument should
//!             be a relative path to a bitcoind, bitcoin-qt or other executable
//!             that will be located on the PATH or relative to wrapper_argv0.
//!
//! @param wrapper_argv0 String containing first command line argument passed to
//!                      main() to run the current executable. This is used to
//!                      help determine the path to the current executable and
//!                      how to look for new executables.
//
//! @note This function doesn't currently print anything but can be debugged
//! from the command line using strace or dtrace like:
//!
//!     strace -e trace=execve -s 10000 build/bin/bitcoin ...
//!     dtrace -n 'proc:::exec-success  /pid == $target/ { trace(curpsinfo->pr_psargs); }' -c ...
static void ExecCommand(const std::vector<const char*>& args, std::string_view wrapper_argv0)
{
    // Construct argument string for execvp
    std::vector<const char*> exec_args{args};
    exec_args.emplace_back(nullptr);

    // Try to call ExecVp with given exe path.
    auto try_exec = [&](fs::path exe_path, bool allow_notfound = true) {
        std::string exe_path_str{fs::PathToString(exe_path)};
        exec_args[0] = exe_path_str.c_str();
        if (util::ExecVp(exec_args[0], (char*const*)exec_args.data()) == -1) {
            if (allow_notfound && errno == ENOENT) return false;
            throw std::system_error(errno, std::system_category(), strprintf("execvp failed to execute '%s'", exec_args[0]));
        }
        throw std::runtime_error("execvp returned unexpectedly");
    };

    // Get the wrapper executable path.
    const fs::path wrapper_path{util::GetExePath(wrapper_argv0)};

    // Try to resolve any symlinks and figure out the directory containing the wrapper executable.
    std::error_code ec;
    fs::path wrapper_dir{fs::weakly_canonical(wrapper_path, ec)};
    if (wrapper_dir.empty()) wrapper_dir = wrapper_path; // Restore previous path if weakly_canonical failed.
    wrapper_dir = wrapper_dir.parent_path();

    // Get path of the executable to be invoked.
    const fs::path arg0{fs::PathFromString(args[0])};

    // Decide whether to fall back to the operating system to search for the
    // specified executable. Avoid doing this if it looks like the wrapper
    // executable was invoked by path, rather than by search, to avoid
    // unintentionally launching system executables in a local build.
    // (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31375#discussion_r1861814807)
    const bool fallback_os_search{!fs::PathFromString(std::string{wrapper_argv0}).has_parent_path()};

    // If wrapper is installed in a bin/ directory, look for target executable
    // in libexec/
    (wrapper_dir.filename() == "bin" && try_exec(fs::path{wrapper_dir.parent_path()} / "libexec" / arg0.filename())) ||
#ifdef WIN32
    // Otherwise check the "daemon" subdirectory in a windows install.
    (!wrapper_dir.empty() && try_exec(wrapper_dir / "daemon" / arg0.filename())) ||
#endif
    // Otherwise look for target executable next to current wrapper
    (!wrapper_dir.empty() && try_exec(wrapper_dir / arg0.filename(), fallback_os_search)) ||
    // Otherwise just look on the system path.
    (fallback_os_search && try_exec(arg0.filename(), false));
}