From 784058f6b11d4b4056c78d8e6ad239dd54aac0f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Watson" <urchlay@slackware.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:06:20 -0400
Subject: litterbox: check external binary paths, pluralize (e.g. 1 hour, 2
 hours).

---
 litterbox | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litterbox b/litterbox
index 2aa52b6..7e2f980 100755
--- a/litterbox
+++ b/litterbox
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ info() {
   [ "$VERBOSE" = "1" ] && echo "$SELF: info: $@" 1>&2
 }
 
+check_path() {
+  type -p "$1" &>/dev/null
+}
+
 usage() {
-  if ! type -p perldoc &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "$SELF: can't find perldoc on PATH, printing raw POD." 1>&2
+  if ! check_path perldoc; then
+    warn "can't find perldoc on PATH, printing raw POD."
     exec sed -n '/^=pod/,/^=cut/p' $0
   fi
 
@@ -36,6 +40,11 @@ manpage() {
   exec pod2man --stderr -s1 -c"UrchlaysStuff" -r$VERSION "$0"
 }
 
+pluralize() {
+  echo -n "$1 $2"
+  [ "$1" != 1 ] && echo -n "s"
+}
+
 set_expiration() {
   case "$1" in
     1|12|24|72) ;; # OK
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ add_url() {
 }
 
 copy_urls() {
-  if ! xsel --version &>/dev/null; then
+  if ! check_path; then
     warn "xsel not found in PATH, not copying URL(s) to clipboard"
     return
   fi
@@ -67,6 +76,7 @@ copy_urls() {
   echo -n "$URLS" | xsel -i
 }
 
+# compress_file() gets called on both files and directories.
 compress_file() {
   local ext
   local basefile
@@ -180,6 +190,10 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
   usage ; exit 0
 fi
 
+if ! check_path curl; then
+  die "can't find curl on PATH (PATH is \"$PATH\")"
+fi
+
 while getopts ":e:gzcvdo:" OPT; do
   case "$OPT" in
     e) set_expiration "$OPTARG"; opt_e=1 ;;
@@ -198,6 +212,20 @@ shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 [ "$GZIP" = 1 -a "$ZIP" = 1 ] && die "can't give both -g and -z"
 [ "$GZIP" = 1 -o "$ZIP" = 1 ] && COMPRESS=1
 
+if [ "$ZIP" = 1 ] && ! check_path zip; then
+  warn "can't find zip on PATH, disabling -z option"
+  ZIP=0
+fi
+
+if [ "$GZIP" = 1 ] && ! check_path gzip; then
+  warn "can't find gzip on PATH, disabling -g option"
+  GZIP=0
+fi
+
+if [ "$DOWNLOAD" = 1 -o "$ENC" = 1 ]; then
+  check_path openssl || die "can't find openssl on path, -c/-d won't work"
+fi
+
 if [ "$DOWNLOAD" = 1 ]; then
   [ "$GZIP"   = 1 ]  && warn "-g option ignored when using -d"
   [ "$ZIP"    = 1 ]  && warn "-z option ignored when using -d"
@@ -212,7 +240,7 @@ else
   [ "$DLOUT" != "" ] && warn "-o option ignored when not using -d"
 fi
 
-info "expire time set to $EXPIRE hour(s)"
+info "expire time set to $( pluralize $EXPIRE hour )"
 
 [ "$1" = "" ] && set -- -
 for arg; do
@@ -249,7 +277,7 @@ fi
 echo "$URLS"
 copy_urls
 
-info "$UPLOAD_COUNT file(s) uploaded"
+info "$( pluralize $UPLOAD_COUNT file ) uploaded"
 
 exit 0
 
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