3 files changed, 50 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/execline/default.nix b/users/Profpatsch/execline/default.nix
index 51f4923e9628..852fcfcfa005 100644
--- a/users/Profpatsch/execline/default.nix
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/execline/default.nix
@@ -3,22 +3,7 @@
 let
   exec-helpers = depot.users.Profpatsch.writers.rustSimpleLib {
     name = "exec-helpers";
-  } ''
-    use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
-    use std::ffi::OsStr;
-    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-    pub fn exec_into_args<'a, I>(prog_name: &str, env_additions: I) -> !
-      where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = (&'a [u8], &'a [u8])>,
-    {
-        let mut argv = std::env::args_os();
-        let prog = argv.nth(1).expect(&format!("{}: first argument must be an executable", prog_name));
-        let args = argv;
-        let env = env_additions.into_iter().map(|(k,v)| (OsStr::from_bytes(k), OsStr::from_bytes(v)));
-        let err = std::process::Command::new(prog).args(args).envs(env).exec();
-        panic!("{}: exec failed: {:?}", prog_name, err);
-    }
-  '';
+  } (builtins.readFile ./exec_helpers.rs);
 
 in {
   inherit
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/execline/exec_helpers.rs b/users/Profpatsch/execline/exec_helpers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e4149882b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/execline/exec_helpers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::{OsStringExt, OsStrExt};
+
+pub fn args_for_exec(current_prog_name: &str, no_of_positional_args: usize) -> (Vec<Vec<u8>>, Vec<Vec<u8>>) {
+    let mut args = std::env::args_os();
+    // remove argv[0]
+    let _ = args.nth(0);
+    let mut args = args.map(|arg| arg.into_vec());
+    let mut pos_args = vec![];
+    // get positional args
+    for i in 1..no_of_positional_args {
+            pos_args.push(
+                args.nth(0).expect(
+                    &format!("{}: expects {} positional args, only got {}", current_prog_name, no_of_positional_args, i))
+            );
+    }
+    // prog... is the rest of the iterator
+    let prog : Vec<Vec<u8>> = args.collect();
+    (pos_args, prog)
+}
+
+pub fn exec_into_args<'a, 'b, Args, Arg, Env, Key, Val>(current_prog_name: &str, args: Args, env_additions: Env) -> !
+    where
+    Args: IntoIterator<Item = Arg>,
+    Arg: AsRef<[u8]>,
+    Env: IntoIterator<Item = (Key, Val)>,
+    Key: AsRef<[u8]>,
+    Val: AsRef<[u8]>,
+{
+    // TODO: is this possible without collecting into a Vec first, just leaving it an IntoIterator?
+    let args = args.into_iter().collect::<Vec<Arg>>();
+    let mut args = args.iter().map(|v| OsStr::from_bytes(v.as_ref()));
+    let prog = args.nth(1).expect(&format!("{}: first argument must be an executable", current_prog_name));
+    // TODO: same here
+    let env = env_additions.into_iter().collect::<Vec<(Key, Val)>>();
+    let env = env.iter().map(|(k,v)| (OsStr::from_bytes(k.as_ref()), OsStr::from_bytes(v.as_ref())));
+    let err = std::process::Command::new(prog).args(args).envs(env).exec();
+    panic!("{}: exec failed: {:?}", current_prog_name, err);
+}
+
diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/netencode/default.nix b/users/Profpatsch/netencode/default.nix
index 99cffc75b618..fb1d2c2ef831 100644
--- a/users/Profpatsch/netencode/default.nix
+++ b/users/Profpatsch/netencode/default.nix
@@ -99,17 +99,16 @@ let
     extern crate netencode;
     extern crate exec_helpers;
     use netencode::dec::{Record, ScalarAsBytes, Decoder, DecodeError};
+
     fn main() {
         let t = netencode::t_from_stdin_or_panic("record-splice-env");
-            match Record::<ScalarAsBytes>::dec(t) {
-                Ok(map) => {
-                    exec_helpers::exec_into_args(
-                        "record-splice-env",
-                        map.iter().map(|(k,v)| (k.as_bytes(), &v[..])
-                    );
-                },
-                Err(DecodeError(err)) => panic!("{}", err),
-            }
+        let (_, prog) = exec_helpers::args_for_exec("record-splice-env", 0);
+        match Record::<ScalarAsBytes>::dec(t) {
+            Ok(map) => {
+                exec_helpers::exec_into_args("record-splice-env", prog, map);
+            },
+            Err(DecodeError(err)) => panic!("{}", err),
+        }
     }
   '';