Function LookPath

internal/plugin/plugin.go:20–52

LookPath searches for an executable named step- -plugin in the $(step path)/plugins directory or in the directories named by the PATH environment variable. On Windows, files with the .com, .exe, .bat and .cmd extension will be checked to exist in the $(step path)/plugins directory first, after

(name string)

// will be checked to exist in the $(step path)/plugins directory first, after
// which the directories in the PATH environment variable will be inspected.
func LookPath(name string) (string, error) {
	fileName := "step-" + name + "-plugin"
	switch runtime.GOOS {
	case "windows":
		var exts []string
		x := os.Getenv(`PATHEXT`)
		if x != "" {
			for _, e := range strings.Split(strings.ToLower(x), `;`) {
				if e == "" {
					continue
				}
				if e[0] != '.' {
					e = "." + e
				}
				exts = append(exts, e)
			}
		} else {
			exts = []string{".com", ".exe", ".bat", ".cmd", ".ps1"}
		}
		for _, ext := range exts {
			path := filepath.Join(step.BasePath(), "plugins", fileName+ext)
			if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil { // #nosec G703 -- path to stat intentionally relies on (partial) user configuration
				return path, nil
			}
		}
	default:
		path := filepath.Join(step.BasePath(), "plugins", fileName)
		if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
			return path, nil
		}
	}
	return exec.LookPath(fileName)
}

// Run starts the given command with the arguments in the context and waits for
// it to complete.