This is it, I figured out how to create a client link

diff --git a/appimage/citadel.AppDir/run-client.sh b/appimage/citadel.AppDir/run-client.sh
deleted file mode 100755 (executable)
index ff94838..0000000
--- a/appimage/citadel.AppDir/run-client.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This script attempts to find the Citadel Server running in an AppImage on
-# the same host, and connects to the text mode client.
-
-CLIENT_PATH=`ls /tmp/.*/usr/bin/citadel || exit 1` || exit 1
-CLIENT_DIR=`dirname ${CLIENT_PATH}`
-export PATH=${CLIENT_DIR}:$PATH
-export APPDIR=`echo ${CLIENT_DIR} | sed s/'\/usr\/bin'//g`
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${APPDIR}/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-export CTDL_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
-ldd $CLIENT_PATH
-exec $CLIENT_PATH

diff --git a/appimage/ctdlvisor.c b/appimage/ctdlvisor.c
index 3c7be88cc514159689e7012f2e8cccf4d2f65470..f14b67c59668f3638955a33aad576cc754bbe62c 100644 (file)
--- a/appimage/ctdlvisor.c
+++ b/appimage/ctdlvisor.c
@@ -187,6 +187,31 @@ void main_loop(void) {
 }
 
 
+void install_client_link(void) {
+
+       FILE *fp;
+       char path_to_link[PATH_MAX];
+       snprintf(path_to_link, sizeof path_to_link, "%s/citadel", getenv("CTDL_DIR"));
+       fp = fopen(path_to_link, "w");
+       if (!fp) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+               return;
+       }
+
+       fprintf(fp,     "#!/bin/bash\n"
+                       "export APPDIR=%s\n"
+                       "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${APPDIR}/usr/bin:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\n"
+                       "export PATH=${APPDIR}/usr/bin:$PATH\n"
+                       "exec citadel\n"
+       ,
+                       getenv("APPDIR")
+       );
+
+       fchmod(fileno(fp), 0755);
+       fclose(fp);
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
        int a;
        int migrate_mode = 0;
@@ -248,9 +273,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
                signal(SIGQUIT, signal_handler);
        
-               citserver_pid = start_citadel();
-               webcit_pid = start_webcit();
-               webcits_pid = start_webcits();
+               citserver_pid = start_citadel();                // start Citadel Server
+               webcit_pid = start_webcit();                    // start WebCit HTTP
+               webcits_pid = start_webcits();                  // start WebCit HTTPS
+
+               install_client_link();
        
                main_loop();
        }