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#############################################################################
##
##  This file is part of GAP, a system for computational discrete algebra.
##  This file's authors include Alexander Hulpke.
##
##  Copyright of GAP belongs to its developers, whose names are too numerous
##  to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details.
##
##  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
##
##  This file contains functions that are architecture dependent,
##  and the record `GAPInfo', which collects global variables that are needed
##  internally.
##
##  `GAPInfo' is initialized when GAP is started without a workspace,
##  and various components are added and modified later on.
##  When GAP is started with a workspace, the value of `GAPInfo' is kept,
##  just some dedicated components are modified via the
##  ``post restore functions'' mechanism.
##

BIND_GLOBAL( "GAPInfo", rec(

# Without the needed packages, GAP does not start.
    Dependencies := MakeImmutable(rec(
      NeededOtherPackages := [
        [ "gapdoc", ">= 1.2" ],
 #       [ "primgrp", ">= 3.1.0" ],
 #       [ "smallgrp", ">= 1.0" ],
 #       [ "transgrp", ">= 1.0" ],
      ],
    )),
# There is no SuggestedOtherPackages here because the default value of
# the user preference PackagesToLoad does the job

    HasReadGAPRC:= false,

    # list of all reserved keywords
    Keywords:=MakeImmutable(ALL_KEYWORDS()),

    # the maximal number of arguments a method can have
    MaxNrArgsMethod:= 6,

    # caches of functions that are needed also with a workspace
    AtExitFuncs:= [],
    PostRestoreFuncs:= [],

    TestData:= rec(),

    # admissible command line options
    # (name of the option, default value, descr. strings for help page;
    # if no help string appears then option is not advertised in the help)
    # These options must be kept in sync with those in system.c, so the help output
    # for those options is correct
    CommandLineOptionData := [
      rec( section:= ["Startup:"] ),
      rec( short:= "h", long := "help", default := false, help := ["print this help and exit"] ),
      rec( long := "version", default := false, help := ["print the GAP version and exit"] ),
      rec( long := "print-gaproot", default := false, help := ["print the primary GAP root and exit"] ),
      rec( short:= "b", long := "banner", default := false, help := ["disable/enable the banner"] ),
      rec( short:= "c", default := "", arg := "<expr>", help := [ "execute the expression <expr>"] ),
      rec( long := "systemfile", default := "", arg := "<file>",
           help := [ "read this file after 'lib/system.g'" ] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Input/output:"] ),
      rec( short:= "q", long := "quiet", default := false, help := ["enable/disable quiet mode"] ),
      rec( short:= "e", default := false, help := ["disable/enable quitting on <ctrl>-D"] ),
      rec( short:= "f", default := false, help := ["force line editing"] ),
      rec( short:= "n", default := false, help := ["prevent line editing"] ),
      rec( short:= "E", long := "readline", default := true,
           help := ["disable/enable use of readline library (if", "possible)"] ),
      rec( short:= "x", long := "width", default := "", arg := "<num>", help := ["set line width"] ),
      rec( short:= "y", long := "lines", default := "", arg := "<num>", help := ["set number of lines"] ),
      rec( short:= "p", default := false, help := ["enable/disable package output mode", "(for use by XGAP and similar interfaces)"] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Memory:",
                      "  (may use postfix 'k' = *1024, 'm' = *1024*1024,",
                      "                   'g' = *1024*1024*1024):"] ),
      ,
      rec( short:= "g", long := "gasinfo", default := 0,
           help := ["show GASMAN messages (full/all/no garbage","collections)", "(only available if GAP uses GASMAN)"] ),
      rec( short:= "m", long := "minworkspace", default := "128m", arg := "<mem>",
           help := ["set the initial workspace size"] ),
      rec( short:= "o", long := "maxworkspace", default := "2g", arg := "<mem>",
           help := [ "set workspace size where GAP will warn about", "excessive memory usage (GAP may allocate more)", "(only available if GAP uses GASMAN)"] ),
      rec( short:= "K", long := "limitworkspace", default := "0", arg := "<mem>",
           help := [ "set maximal workspace size (GAP never", "allocates more)"] ),
      rec( short:= "s", default := "4g", arg := "<mem>", help := [ "set the initially mapped virtual memory", "(only available if GAP uses GASMAN)" ] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Roots:"] ),
      rec( short:= "l", long := "roots", default := [], arg := "<paths>",
           help := [ "set or modify the GAP root paths",
                     "Directories are separated using ';'.",
                     "Putting ';' on the start/end of list appends",
                     "directories to the end/start of existing list",
                     "of root paths" ] ),
      rec( short:= "r", default := false, help := ["disable/enable user GAP root dir", "GAPInfo.UserGapRoot"] ),
      rec( long := "packagedirs", default := [], arg := "<paths>",
           help := [ "add additional GAP directory paths",
                     "Directories are separated using ';'." ] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Loading:"] ),
      rec( short:= "A", default := false, help := ["disable/enable autoloading of suggested", "GAP packages"] ),
      rec( short:= "D", default := false, help := ["enable/disable debugging the loading of files"] ),
      rec( short:= "M", default := false, help := ["disable/enable loading of compiled modules"] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Error handling, REPL:"] ),
      rec( short:= "T", long := "nobreakloop", default := false, help := ["disable/enable break loop and error traceback"] ),
      rec( long := "alwaystrace", default := false, help := ["always print error traceback", "(overrides behaviour of -T)"] ),
      rec( long := "quitonbreak", default := false, help := ["quit GAP with non-zero return value instead", "of entering break loop"]),
      rec( long := "norepl", default := false,
           help := [ "Disable the GAP read-evaluate-print loop (REPL)" ] ),
      rec( long := "nointeract", default := false,
           help := [ "Start GAP in non-interactive mode (disable REPL", "and break loop)" ] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Workspaces:", "  (only available if GAP uses GASMAN):", ""] ),
      rec( short:= "L", default := "", arg := "<file>", help := [ "restore a saved workspace"] ),
      rec( short:= "R", default := false, help := ["prevent restoring of workspace (ignoring -L)"] ),
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Profiling:"] ),
      rec( long := "prof", default := "", arg := "<file>",
           help := [ "Run ProfileLineByLine(<file>) on GAP start"] ),
      rec( long := "memprof", default := "", arg := "<file>",
           help := [ "Run ProfileLineByLine(<file>) on GAP start", "with recordMem := true"] ),
      rec( long := "cover", default := "", arg := "<file>",
           help := [ "Run CoverageLineByLine(<file>) on GAP start"] ),
      rec( long := "enableMemCheck", default := false), # TODO: document this?
      ,
      rec( section:= ["Internal developer tools"] ),
      rec( short:= "N", default := false, help := ["do not use hidden implications"] ),
      rec( short:= "O", default := false, help := ["disable/enable loading of obsolete files"] ),
      rec( long := "bare", default := false,
           help := [ "Attempt to start GAP without even needed", "packages" ] ),
    ],
    ) );


#############################################################################
##
#V  GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable
##
##  <ManSection>
##  <Var Name="GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable"/>
##
##  <Description>
##  <Ref Var="GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable"/> is the number of bytes used for one
##  <C>Obj</C> variable.
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##
##  These variables need not be recomputed when a workspace is loaded.
##
GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable := 4;
# are we a 64 (or more) bit system?
while TNUM_OBJ( 2^((GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable-1)*8) )
    = TNUM_OBJ( 2^((GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable+1)*8) ) do
  GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable:= GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable + 4;
od;


#############################################################################
##
##  On 32-bit we have to adjust some command line default values
##
if GAPInfo.BytesPerVariable = 4 then
    CALL_FUNC_LIST(function()
    local i;
    i := 1;
    while not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i])) or
          not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short)) or
          GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short <> "m" do i := i + 1; od;
    GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].default := "64m";
    i := 1;
    while not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i])) or
          not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short)) or
          GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short <> "o" do i := i + 1; od;
    GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].default := "1g";
    i := 1;
    while not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i])) or
          not(IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short)) or
          GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].short <> "s" do i := i + 1; od;
    GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i].default := "1500m";
    end, []);
fi;


#############################################################################
##
##  For HPC-GAP, we want GAPInfo and its members to be accessible from all
##  threads, so make members atomic or immutable.
##
if IsHPCGAP then
    MakeReadWriteGVar("GAPInfo");
    GAPInfo := AtomicRecord(GAPInfo);
    MakeReadOnlyGVar("GAPInfo");
    GAPInfo.AtExitFuncs:= AtomicList([]);
    GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs:= AtomicList([]);
    GAPInfo.TestData:= ThreadLocalRecord( rec() );
    APPEND_LIST_INTR(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData, [
        ,
        rec( section:= ["HPC-GAP:"] ),
        rec( short:= "S", default := false, help := ["disable/enable multi-threaded interface"] ),
        rec( short:= "P", default := "0", arg := "<num>", help := ["set number of logical processors"] ),
        rec( short:= "G", default := "0", arg := "<num>", help := ["set number of GC threads"] ),
        rec( short:= "Z", default := false, help := ["enforce ordering of region locks"] ),
        rec( long := "single-thread", default := false,
             help := [ "enable/disable single-threaded startup" ]),
      ]);

    MakeImmutable(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData);
fi;


#############################################################################
##
#F  CallAndInstallPostRestore( <func> )
##
##  The argument <func> must be a function with no argument.
##  This function is called,
##  and it is added to the global list `GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs'.
##  The effect of the latter is that the function will be called
##  when GAP is started with a workspace (option `-L').
##
BIND_GLOBAL( "CallAndInstallPostRestore", function( func )
    if not IS_FUNCTION( func )  then
      Error( "<func> must be a function" );
    elif CHECK_INSTALL_METHOD and not NARG_FUNC( func ) in [ -1, 0 ] then
      Error( "<func> must accept zero arguments" );
    fi;

    func();

    ADD_LIST( GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs, func );
end );


#############################################################################
##
#F  InstallAndCallPostRestore( <func> )
##
##  The argument <func> must be a function with no argument.
##  This function is added to the global list `GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs',
##  and afterwards it is called.
##  The effect of the former is that the function will be called
##  when GAP is started with a workspace (option `-L').
##
BIND_GLOBAL( "InstallAndCallPostRestore", function( func )
    if not IS_FUNCTION( func )  then
      Error( "<func> must be a function" );
    elif CHECK_INSTALL_METHOD and not NARG_FUNC( func ) in [ -1, 0 ] then
      Error( "<func> must accept zero arguments" );
    fi;

    ADD_LIST( GAPInfo.PostRestoreFuncs, func );

    func();
end );


#########################################################################
# For backwards compatibility, we make the canonical version of an option
# its short version if it exists.
#
# Set up a map to tell us the canonical name of any command line option
GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName := rec();
CallAndInstallPostRestore( function()
  local option;
  for option in GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData do
    if IsBound(option.short) then
      GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName.(option.short) := option.short;
      if IsBound(option.long) then
        GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName.(option.long) := option.short;
      fi;
    elif IsBound(option.long) then
        GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName.(option.long) := option.long;
    fi;
  od;
end);

#############################################################################
##
##  - Set/adjust the kernel specific components.
##  - Compute `GAPInfo.DirectoriesSystemPrograms' from
##    `GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH'.
##  - Scan the command line.
##    In case of `-h' print a help screen and exit.
##
CallAndInstallPostRestore( function()
    local j, i, CommandLineOptions, opt, InitFiles, line, word, value, padspace;

    GAPInfo.KernelInfo:= KERNEL_INFO();
    GAPInfo.Version := GAPInfo.KernelInfo.KERNEL_VERSION;
    GAPInfo.KernelVersion:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.KERNEL_VERSION;
    GAPInfo.Date := GAPInfo.KernelInfo.RELEASEDAY;
    GAPInfo.BuildVersion:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.BUILD_VERSION;
    GAPInfo.BuildDateTime := GAPInfo.KernelInfo.BUILD_DATETIME;
    GAPInfo.Architecture:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.GAP_ARCHITECTURE;

    # The exact command line which called GAP as list of strings;
    # first entry is the executable followed by the options.
    GAPInfo.SystemCommandLine:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.COMMAND_LINE;

    # The shell environment in which GAP was called as record
    GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.ENVIRONMENT;

    # paths
    GAPInfo.RootPaths:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.GAP_ROOT_PATHS;
    GAPInfo.PackageDirectories := [];
    if  IsBound(GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.HOME) then
      GAPInfo.UserHome := GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.HOME;
    else
      GAPInfo.UserHome := fail;
    fi;
    if IsBound(GAPInfo.KernelInfo.DOT_GAP_PATH) then
      GAPInfo.UserGapRoot := GAPInfo.KernelInfo.DOT_GAP_PATH;
    else
      GAPInfo.UserGapRoot := fail;
    fi;

    # directory caches
    GAPInfo.DirectoriesPrograms:= false;
    GAPInfo.DirectoryCurrent:= false;
    if IsHPCGAP then
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesLibrary:= AtomicRecord( rec() );
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesTemporary:= AtomicList([]);
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesSystemPrograms:= AtomicList([]);
    else
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesLibrary:= rec();
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesTemporary:= [];
        GAPInfo.DirectoriesSystemPrograms:= [];
    fi;
    if IsBound(GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH) then
      j:= 1;
      for i in [1..LENGTH(GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH)] do
        if GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH[i] = ':' then
          if i > j then
            ADD_LIST_DEFAULT(GAPInfo.DirectoriesSystemPrograms,
                  MakeImmutable(GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH{[j..i-1]}));
          fi;
          j := i+1;
        fi;
      od;
      if j <= LENGTH( GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH ) then
        ADD_LIST_DEFAULT( GAPInfo.DirectoriesSystemPrograms,
            MakeImmutable(GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH{ [ j ..
                LENGTH( GAPInfo.SystemEnvironment.PATH ) ] } ));
      fi;
    fi;

    # the command line options that were given for the current session
    CommandLineOptions:= rec();
    for opt in GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData do
      if IsBound(opt.short) then
        CommandLineOptions.( opt.short ):= SHALLOW_COPY_OBJ( opt.default );
      elif IsBound(opt.long) then
        CommandLineOptions.( opt.long ):= SHALLOW_COPY_OBJ( opt.default );
      fi;
    od;

    InitFiles:= [];

    line:= GAPInfo.SystemCommandLine;
    i:= 2;
    while i <= LENGTH( line ) do
      word:= line[i];
      i:= i+1;
      if word = "" then
        PRINT_TO( "*errout*", "Ignoring empty command line argument\n");
      elif word[1] = '-' and (LENGTH( word ) = 2 or word[2] = '-') then
        opt:= word{[2..LENGTH(word)]};
        if opt[1] = '-' then
          opt := opt{[2..LENGTH(opt)]};
        fi;
        if not(IsBound( GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName.( opt ) )) then
          PRINT_TO( "*errout*", "Unrecognised command line option: ",
                      word, "\n" );
        else
          opt := GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionCanonicalName.( opt );
          value:= CommandLineOptions.( opt );
          if IS_BOOL( value ) and word[2] = '-' then
            CommandLineOptions.( opt ):= true;
          elif IS_BOOL( value ) then
            CommandLineOptions.( opt ):= not CommandLineOptions.( opt );
          elif IS_INT( value ) then
            CommandLineOptions.( opt ):= CommandLineOptions.( opt ) + 1;
          elif i <= LENGTH( line ) then
            if opt = "c" then
              ADD_LIST_DEFAULT( InitFiles, rec( command := line[i] ) );
              i := i+1;
            elif IS_STRING_REP( value ) then
              # string
              CommandLineOptions.( opt ):= line[i];
              i := i+1;
            elif IS_LIST( value ) then
              # list of strings, starting from the empty list
              ADD_LIST_DEFAULT( CommandLineOptions.( opt ), line[i] );
              i := i+1;
            fi;
          else
            PRINT_TO( "*errout*", "Command line option ", word, " needs an argument.\n" );
          fi;
        fi;
      else
        ADD_LIST_DEFAULT( InitFiles, word );
      fi;
    od;
    CommandLineOptions.g:= CommandLineOptions.g mod 3;
    # use the same as the kernel
    CommandLineOptions.E:= GAPInfo.KernelInfo.HAVE_LIBREADLINE;

    # -L is valid only if GAP uses GASMAN.
    if GAPInfo.KernelInfo.GC <> "GASMAN" then
      CommandLineOptions.L:= "";
    fi;

    # --nointeract implies no break loop and no repl
    if CommandLineOptions.nointeract then
      CommandLineOptions.T := true;
      CommandLineOptions.norepl := true;
    fi;

    if CommandLineOptions.bare then
      CommandLineOptions.A := true;
    fi;

    MakeImmutable( CommandLineOptions );
    MakeImmutable( InitFiles );

    GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions:= CommandLineOptions;
    GAPInfo.InitFiles:= InitFiles;

    padspace := function(strlen, len)
      local i;
      for i in [strlen+1..len] do
        PRINT_TO("*stdout*", " ");
      od;
    end;

    # Evaluate the `-h' option.
    if GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.h then
      PRINT_TO( "*stdout*",
        "usage: gap [OPTIONS] [FILES]\n",
        "       run the Groups, Algorithms and Programming system, Version ",
        GAPInfo.KernelVersion, "\n\n" );

      for i in [ 1 .. LENGTH( GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData ) ] do
        if not IsBound(GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i]) then
          PRINT_TO( "*stdout*", "\n" );
          continue;
        fi;
        opt:= GAPInfo.CommandLineOptionData[i];
        if IsBound( opt.help ) then

          # At least one of opt.short or opt.long must be bound
          if(IsBound(opt.short)) then
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", "  -", opt.short);
            if(IsBound(opt.long)) then
              PRINT_TO("*stdout*", ", --", opt.long);
              padspace(4+LENGTH(opt.long), 18);
            else
              padspace(0, 18);
            fi;
            if(IsBound(opt.arg)) then
              PRINT_TO("*stdout*", " ", opt.arg);
              padspace(LENGTH(opt.arg)+1, 8);
            else
              padspace(0, 8);
            fi;
          else
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", "    ");
            # opt.short unbound, opt.long bound

            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", "  --", opt.long);
            padspace(4+LENGTH(opt.long), 18);
            if(IsBound(opt.arg)) then
              PRINT_TO("*stdout*", " ", opt.arg);
              padspace(LENGTH(opt.arg)+1, 8);
            else
              padspace(0, 8);
            fi;
          fi;
          if IsBound(opt.long) and LENGTH(opt.long) > 14 then
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", "\n");
            padspace(0, 3+18+8+3);
          else
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", "   ");
          fi;

          PRINT_TO("*stdout*", opt.help[1], "\n");
          for j in [2..LENGTH(opt.help)] do
            padspace(0, 4+18+8+3 + 2);
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", opt.help[j],"\n");
          od;
        elif IsBound(opt.section) then
          PRINT_TO( "*stdout*", opt.section[1], "\n" );
          for j in [2..LENGTH(opt.section)] do
            #padspace(0, 3);
            PRINT_TO("*stdout*", opt.section[j],"\n");
          od;
        fi;
      od;

      PRINT_TO("*stdout*",
       "\n",
       "  Short boolean options toggle the current value each time they are called.\n",
       "  Default actions are indicated first.\n",
       "\n" );
      QuitGap();
    fi;

    # Evaluate the '--print-gaproot' option.
    if GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.( "print-gaproot" ) then
      for line in GAPInfo.RootPaths do
        value:= SHALLOW_COPY_OBJ( line );
        APPEND_LIST_INTR( value, "sysinfo.gap" );
        if IsExistingFile( value ) then
          PRINT_TO( "*stdout*", line );
          QuitGap(0);
        fi;
      od;
      PRINT_TO( "*errout*", "failed to determine primary GAP root" );
      QuitGap(1);
    fi;
end );


#############################################################################
##
#V  GAPInfo.TestData
##
##  <ManSection>
##  <Var Name="GAPInfo.TestData"/>
##
##  <Description>
##  This is a mutable record used in files that are read via <C>Test</C>.
##  These files contain the commands <C>START_TEST</C> and <C>STOP_TEST</C>,
##  which set, read, and unbind the components <C>START_TIME</C> and <C>START_NAME</C>.
##  The function <C>RunStandardTests</C> also uses a component <C>results</C>.
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##


#T the following functions eventually should be more clever. This however
#T will require kernel support and thus is something for later.  AH

#############################################################################
##
#F  ARCH_IS_WINDOWS()
##
##  <#GAPDoc Label="ARCH_IS_WINDOWS">
##  <ManSection>
##  <Func Name="ARCH_IS_WINDOWS" Arg=''/>
##
##  <Description>
##  tests whether &GAP; is running on a Windows system without
##  standard POSIX tools available (such as a shell).
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
##
BIND_GLOBAL("ARCH_IS_WINDOWS",function()
  # Exit early is we are not in Cygwin
  if POSITION_SUBSTRING (GAPInfo.Architecture, "cygwin", 0) = fail then
    return false;
  fi;
  # Check if programs we need exist in their standard Cygwin locations
  return not (IsExistingFile("/usr/bin/sh") or IsExistingFile("/bin/sh")) or
         not (IsExistingFile("/usr/bin/xdg-open") or IsExistingFile("/bin/xdg-open"));
end);

#############################################################################
##
#F  ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X()
##
##  <#GAPDoc Label="ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X">
##  <ManSection>
##  <Func Name="ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X" Arg=''/>
##
##  <Description>
##  tests whether &GAP; is running on macOS. Note that on macOS, also
##  <Ref Func="ARCH_IS_UNIX"/> will be <K>true</K>.
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
##
BIND_GLOBAL("ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X",function()
  return POSITION_SUBSTRING (GAPInfo.Architecture, "apple-darwin", 0) <> fail
    and IsReadableFile ("/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app");
end);

#############################################################################
##
#F  ARCH_IS_UNIX()
##
##  <#GAPDoc Label="ARCH_IS_UNIX">
##  <ManSection>
##  <Func Name="ARCH_IS_UNIX" Arg=''/>
##
##  <Description>
##  tests whether &GAP; is running on a UNIX system (including macOS).
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
##
BIND_GLOBAL("ARCH_IS_UNIX",function()
  return not ARCH_IS_WINDOWS();
end);

#############################################################################
##
#F  ARCH_IS_WSL()
##
##  <#GAPDoc Label="ARCH_IS_WSL">
##  <ManSection>
##  <Func Name="ARCH_IS_WSL" Arg=''/>
##
##  <Description>
##  tests whether &GAP; is running on a Windows system inside the
##  'Windows Subsystem for Linux'. Note that in this case
##  <Ref Func="ARCH_IS_UNIX"/> will be <K>true</K>, and in most situations
##  WSL can be treated identically to Linux.
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
##
BIND_GLOBAL("ARCH_IS_WSL",function()
  # There is no official way to detect this, but this method is
  # suggested: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/423
  # Note that at some point the string was changed from 'Microsoft' to
  # 'microsoft'.
  return ARCH_IS_UNIX() and IsBound(GAPInfo.KernelInfo.uname.release) and (
    POSITION_SUBSTRING(GAPInfo.KernelInfo.uname.release, "Microsoft", 0) <> fail or
    POSITION_SUBSTRING(GAPInfo.KernelInfo.uname.release, "microsoft", 0) <> fail);
end);

#############################################################################
##
#V  GAPInfo.InitFiles
##
##  <ManSection>
##  <Var Name="GAPInfo.InitFiles"/>
##
##  <Description>
##  <C>GAPInfo.InitFiles</C> is a list of strings containing the filenames
##  specified on the command line to be read initially.
##  </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##
#T really ???

if GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.systemfile <> ""
   and not READ( GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.systemfile ) then
  PRINT_TO( "*errout*", "Could not read file \"",
            GAPInfo.CommandLineOptions.systemfile,
            "\" (command line option --systemfile).\n" );
  QuitGap(1);
fi;