#!/usr/local/bin/perl

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# runfg -- front end for setting up the FG_ROOT env variable and launching 
#          the fg executable.
#
# Written by Curtis Olson, started September 1997.
#
# Copyright (C) 1997  Curtis L. Olson  - curt@infoplane.com
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
# $Id$
# (Log is kept at end of this file)
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------


# Flight Gear Version
$version_major = "0";

# name of Flight Gear executable
$program = "fg" . $version_major;

# see if we can find the executable
if ( -x "./Main/$program" ) {
    $path = "./Main/$program";
} elsif ( -x "./$program" ) {
    $path = "./$program";
} else {
    die "Cannot locate $program\n";
}

# set the FG_ROOT environment variable if it hasn't already been set.
if ( $ENV{FG_ROOT} eq "" ) {
    # look for a file called fgtop as a place marker
    if ( -e "fgtop" ) {
        $ENV{FG_ROOT} = ".";
    } elsif ( -e "../fgtop" ) {
        $ENV{FG_ROOT} = "..";
    }
}

# run Flight Gear
print "Running $path\n";
exec($path);


#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Log$
# Revision 1.1  1997/10/28 18:47:27  curt
# Initial revision.
#