From c2ec166dfdebd720e516337cc03cfabef7af0638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: agryphus <agryphus@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:01:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added sysbin script

---
 .local/bin/sysbin | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 .local/bin/sysbin

diff --git a/.local/bin/sysbin b/.local/bin/sysbin
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad4093c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/sysbin
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Finds the absolute path of a system binary by checking places in most-likely order.
+# Helpful for when overriding a binary with a script, meaning the script takes higher
+# precedence in the path, but then the script needs to call the actual binary.
+# I understand that this is not the most ~NixOS~ way of doing things.
+
+if   [ -e "/usr/bin/$1" ]; then
+    echo "/usr/bin/$1"
+elif [ -e "/bin/$1" ]; then
+    echo "/bin/$1"
+elif [ -e "/run/current-system/sw/bin/$1" ]; then
+    echo "/run/current-system/sw/bin/$1"
+fi
+