From 521fbb5a8294f4ad924e10bcc871c95be12957ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattias Andrée <m@maandree.se>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 16:43:41 +0100
Subject: Add cd option
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Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <m@maandree.se>
---
 README    | 11 ++++++++++-
 sshexec.1 | 15 +++++++++++++++
 sshexec.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2029106..71bf2af 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME
 	sshexec - run a command through ssh(1) with normal command syntax
 
 SYNOPSIS
-	sshexec [{ [ssh=ssh-command] [dir=directory]
+	sshexec [{ [ssh=ssh-command] [dir=directory] [cd=(strict|lax)]
 	        [[fd]{>,>>,>|,<,<>}[&]=file] }] [ssh-option] ...
 	        destination command [argument] ...
 
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ OPTIONS
 		In the remote, change working directory to directory
 		before executing command.
 
+	cd=strict
+		Fail without executing the command if it's not possible
+		to set directory as the remote working directory.
+
+	cd=lax
+		Continue (but warn) executing the command even if it's
+		not possible to set directory as the remote working
+		directory.
+
 	[fd]>=file
 		After changing working directory (assuming one is
 		specified), create or truncate the specified file and
diff --git a/sshexec.1 b/sshexec.1
index 91922f6..d18635d 100644
--- a/sshexec.1
+++ b/sshexec.1
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ sshexec - run a command through ssh(1) with normal command syntax
 .RB [ {
 .RI [\fBssh=\fP ssh-command ]
 .RI [\fBdir=\fP directory ]
+.RB [ cd= ( strict | lax )]
 .RB [[\fIfd\fP]{ > , >> , >| , < , <> }[ & ] = \fIfile\fP]
 .BR } ]
 .RI [ ssh-option ]\ ...\,
@@ -107,6 +108,20 @@ In the remote, change working directory to
 before executing
 .IR command .
 .TP
+.B cd=strict
+Fail without executing the
+.I command
+if it's not possible to set
+.I directory
+as the remote working directory.
+.TP
+.B cd=lax
+Continue (but warn) executing the
+.I command
+even if it's not possible to set
+.I directory
+as the remote working directory.
+.TP
 .IB \fR[\fPfd\fP]\fP >= file
 After changing working directory (assuming one is specified),
 create or truncate the specified
diff --git a/sshexec.c b/sshexec.c
index 67868ee..03810e8 100644
--- a/sshexec.c
+++ b/sshexec.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 	exitf("usage: %s [{ %s }] [ssh-option] ... destination command [argument] ...\n",
-	      argv0, "[ssh=command] [dir=directory] [[fd]{>,>>,>|,<>}[&]=file]");
+	      argv0, "[ssh=command] [dir=directory] [cd=(strict|lax)] [[fd]{>,>>,>|,<>}[&]=file]");
 }
 
 
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ main(int argc_unused, char *argv[])
 {
 	const char *dir = NULL;
 	const char *ssh = NULL;
+	const char *cd = NULL;
 	struct redirection *redirections = NULL;
 	size_t nredirections = 0;
 	char *destination;
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ main(int argc_unused, char *argv[])
 	char opt;
 	const char **args;
 	size_t i;
+	int strict_cd;
 
 	(void) argc_unused;
 
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ main(int argc_unused, char *argv[])
 		for (; *argv && strcmp(*argv, "}"); argv++) {
 			STORE_OPT(&ssh, "ssh")
 			STORE_OPT(&dir, "dir")
+			STORE_OPT(&cd, "cd")
 
 			p = *argv;
 			while (isdigit(*p))
@@ -202,6 +205,13 @@ main(int argc_unused, char *argv[])
 	if (!ssh)
 		ssh = "ssh";
 
+	if (!cd || !strcmp(cd, "strict"))
+		strict_cd = 1;
+	else if (!strcmp(cd, "lax"))
+		strict_cd = 0;
+	else
+		usage();
+
 	opts = argv;
 	nopts = 0;
 	while (*argv) {
@@ -263,7 +273,7 @@ dest_dir_checked:
 	if (dir) {
 		build_command_asis("cd -- ");
 		build_command_escape(dir);
-		build_command_asis(" && ");
+		build_command_asis(strict_cd ? " && " : " ; ");
 	}
 	build_command_asis("exec env --");
 	for (; *argv; argv++) {
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