From 0d2d34e3fb3e178038a87608773cfa5bff89399f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DaanSelen <dselen@systemec.nl>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:24:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] core: readd runner.go

---
 src/modules/runner/runner.go | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/modules/runner/runner.go

diff --git a/src/modules/runner/runner.go b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bd9ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+var ansi = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*m`)
+
+func FindMeshbookBinary() (bool, string) {
+	var osBin string
+
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "windows":
+		osBin = "meshbook.exe"
+	case "linux":
+		osBin = "meshbook"
+	default:
+		log.Println("undefined operating system")
+	}
+
+	log.Println("going to search for:", osBin)
+
+	binaryFound := false
+	var binaryPath string
+	for _, f := range []string{("./" + osBin), ("./bin/" + osBin)} {
+		objInfo, err := os.Stat(f)
+
+		if err == nil && objInfo.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			binaryFound = true
+			binaryPath = f
+			log.Printf("found binary at %s", f)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if binaryFound {
+		return true, binaryPath
+	} else {
+		log.Println("binary not found!")
+		return false, ""
+	}
+}
+
+func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
+	var args []string
+	if len(bookPath) == 0 {
+		args = []string{"--help"}
+	} else {
+		args = []string{"--nograce", "--indent", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
+	}
+	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
+
+	outputData, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	cleanData := ansi.ReplaceAllString(string(outputData), "")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("something went wrong when running the command: %v", err)
+		log.Printf("captured output: %s", cleanData)
+
+		return false, cleanData
+	} else {
+		return true, cleanData
+	}
+}