From deb5a71b2ad3b08eab54d4296d3b66002b0f5de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:38:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add missing environment variables in *nix builds when
spawning native programs: YEAR, MONTH, MONTHNAME, WEEKDAY, DAY
---
src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
index a090fa7e97..716ed739ca 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
@@ -1119,8 +1119,22 @@ int sbbs_t::external(const char* cmdline, long mode, const char* startup_dir)
setenv("SBBSDATA",cfg.data_dir,1);
setenv("SBBSEXEC",cfg.exec_dir,1);
sprintf(str,"%u",cfg.node_num);
- if(setenv("SBBSNNUM",str,1))
- errormsg(WHERE,ERR_WRITE,"environment",0);
+ setenv("SBBSNNUM",str,1);
+
+ /* date/time env vars */
+ now = time(NULL);
+ struct tm tm;
+ if(localtime_r(&now, &tm) == NULL)
+ memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
+ sprintf(str," %02u", tm.tm_mday);
+ setenv("DAY", str, /* overwrite */TRUE);
+ setenv("WEEKDAY", wday[tm.tm_wday], /* overwrite */TRUE);
+ setenv("MONTHNAME", mon[tm.tm_mon], /* overwrite */TRUE);
+ sprintf(str, "%02u", tm.tm_mon + 1);
+ setenv("MONTH", str, /* overwrite */TRUE);
+ sprintf(str,"%u", 1900 + tm.tm_year);
+ if(setenv("YEAR", str, /* overwrite */TRUE) != 0)
+ errormsg(WHERE,ERR_WRITE,"environment",0);
} else {
if(startup->options&BBS_OPT_NO_DOS) {
--
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