Fix #164: Add Utmpx::is_active() as a workaround on BSD

coreutils_core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [package]
 name = "coreutils_core"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 authors = [
     "GrayJack <[email protected]>",
     "Gab David <[email protected]>",
 ]
 description = "A crate with abstractions to implement UNIX core utilities"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception"
-repository = "https://github.com/GrayJack/coreutils/coreutils_core"
+repository = "https://github.com/GrayJack/coreutils/tree/dev/coreutils_core"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/coreutils_core"
 homepage = "https://crates.io/crates/coreutils_core"
 keywords = ["unix", "coreutils"]

coreutils_core/src/os/utmpx.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     error::Error as StdError,
     fmt::{self, Display},
     io,
-    path::Path,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 #[cfg(not(any(
     target_os = "linux",
@@ -196,6 +196,15 @@ impl Utmpx {
     pub const fn timeval(&self) -> TimeVal {
         self.timeval
     }
+
+    /// Check if the device name of the entry is really active. Works around a quirk of
+    /// BSD systems where the entry type would be USER_PROCESS after it gets killed.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn is_active(&self) -> bool {
+        let mut path = PathBuf::from("/dev");
+        path.push(&self.line.to_string());
+        path.exists()
+    }
 
     /// Get the time where the entry was created (often login time) in a more complete
     /// structure.