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+// Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Julio M. Merino Vidal
+// Copyright (c) 2008 Ilya Sokolov, Boris Schaeling
+// Copyright (c) 2009 Boris Schaeling
+// Copyright (c) 2010 Felipe Tanus, Boris Schaeling
+// Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Jeff Flinn, Boris Schaeling
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+/**
+ * \file boost/process/search_path.hpp
+ *
+ * Defines a function to search for an executable in path.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BOOST_PROCESS_SEARCH_PATH_HPP
+#define BOOST_PROCESS_SEARCH_PATH_HPP
+
+#include <boost/process/detail/config.hpp>
+#include <boost/process/environment.hpp>
+
+#if defined(BOOST_POSIX_API)
+#include <boost/process/detail/posix/search_path.hpp>
+#elif defined(BOOST_WINDOWS_API)
+#include <boost/process/detail/windows/search_path.hpp>
+#endif
+
+
+namespace boost { namespace process {
+
+/**
+ * Searches for an executable in path.
+ *
+ * filename must be a basename including the file extension.
+ * It must not include any directory separators (like a slash).
+ * On Windows the file extension may be omitted. The function
+ * will then try the various file extensions for executables on
+ * Windows to find filename.
+ *
+ * \param filename The base of the filename to find
+ *
+ * \param path the set of paths so search, defaults to "PATH" environment variable.
+ *
+ * \returns the absolute path to the executable filename or an
+ *          empty string if filename isn't found
+ */
+inline boost::filesystem::path search_path(const boost::filesystem::path &filename,
+                                    const std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> path = ::boost::this_process::path())
+{
+    return ::boost::process::detail::api::search_path(filename, path);
+}
+}}
+
+#endif