#! /usr/local/python

# Variant of "which".
# On stderr, near and total misses are reported.
# '-l<flags>' argument adds ls -l<flags> of each file found.

import sys, posix, string, path
from stat import *

def msg(str):
	sys.stderr.write(str + '\n')

pathlist = string.splitfields(posix.environ['PATH'], ':')

sts = 0
longlist = ''

if sys.argv[1:] and sys.argv[1][:2] == '-l':
	longlist = sys.argv[1]
	del sys.argv[1]

for prog in sys.argv[1:]:
	ident = ()
	for dir in pathlist:
		file = path.join(dir, prog)
		try:
			st = posix.stat(file)
		except posix.error:
			continue
		if not S_ISREG(st[ST_MODE]):
			msg(file + ': not a disk file')
		else:
			mode = S_IMODE(st[ST_MODE])
			if mode & 0111:
				if not ident:
					print file
					ident = st[:3]
				else:
					if st[:3] == ident:
						s = 'same as: '
					else:
						s = 'also: '
					msg(s + file)
			else:
				msg(file + ': not executable')
		if longlist:
			sts = posix.system('ls ' + longlist + ' ' + file)
			if sts: msg('"ls -l" exit status: ' + `sts`)
	if not ident:
		msg(prog + ': not found')
		sts = 1

sys.exit(sts)