glob: add glob_first(), returns first match

Note that which match is returned depends on the system and is
not guaranteed to be stable

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/glob-util.c b/src/basic/glob-util.c
index e026b29478..fd60a6eda2 100644
--- a/src/basic/glob-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/glob-util.c
@@ -47,17 +47,28 @@ int safe_glob(const char *path, int flags, glob_t *pglob) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int glob_exists(const char *path) {
+int glob_first(const char *path, char **ret_first) {
         _cleanup_globfree_ glob_t g = {};
         int k;
 
         assert(path);
 
         k = safe_glob(path, GLOB_NOSORT|GLOB_BRACE, &g);
-        if (k == -ENOENT)
+        if (k == -ENOENT) {
+                if (ret_first)
+                        *ret_first = NULL;
                 return false;
+        }
         if (k < 0)
                 return k;
+
+        if (ret_first) {
+                char *first = strdup(g.gl_pathv[0]);
+                if (!first)
+                        return log_oom_debug();
+                *ret_first = first;
+        }
+
         return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/basic/glob-util.h b/src/basic/glob-util.h
index fc86e990dd..7ca26cc27f 100644
--- a/src/basic/glob-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/glob-util.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 /* Note: this function modifies pglob to set various functions. */
 int safe_glob(const char *path, int flags, glob_t *pglob);
 
-int glob_exists(const char *path);
+/* Note: which match is returned depends on the implementation/system and not guaranteed to be stable */
+int glob_first(const char *path, char **ret_first);
+#define glob_exists(path) glob_first(path, NULL)
 int glob_extend(char ***strv, const char *path, int flags);
 
 int glob_non_glob_prefix(const char *path, char **ret);