#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>


#define MAXLINELEN 100
#define MAXCOMMAND 100
#define DISCARDSTDERR " 2>/dev/null"


static char *progname;


int slowdisplay(char *docprog, char *docname)
{
    char line[MAXLINELEN + 1];
    char command[MAXCOMMAND + 1];
    FILE *pipe;

    /*
     * Construct a command line, (e.g. "man ls 2>/dev/null") with safety
     * checks for string length 
     */
    strncpy(command, docprog, MAXCOMMAND);
    command[MAXCOMMAND] = '\0';
    if (strlen(command) + strlen(docname) + strlen(DISCARDSTDERR) >
        MAXCOMMAND) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Command would be too long (max = %d).\n",
                MAXCOMMAND);
        return 0;
    }
    strcat(command, " ");
    strcat(command, docname);
    strcat(command, DISCARDSTDERR);        /* we do not want to see the
                                            * output to stderr */

    /*
     * Execute the command, setting up a pipe for getting its output. 
     */
    pipe = popen(command, "r");
    if ((pipe = popen(command, "r")) == NULL) {
        perror(progname);
        return 0;
    }

    /*
     * Read the doc from the pipe line-by-line, with a short 
     * delay between de lines for demonstration.  
     */
    while (fgets(line, MAXLINELEN + 1, pipe) != NULL) {
        printf(line);
        usleep(100000);                    /* Delay-per-line = 0.1 sec ( =
                                            * 100 ms = 100000 us ) */
    }
    if (pclose(pipe) == -1)
        return 0;
    return 1;
}


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if ((progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) == NULL)
        progname = argv[0];
    else
        progname++;
    if (argc != 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <name of man or info page>\n", progname);
        return 1;
    }

    /*
     * First try man page 
     */
    if (slowdisplay("man", argv[1])) {
        return 0;                          /* If successfull, end program */
    }

    /*
     * else try info page 
     */
    if (!slowdisplay("info", argv[1])) {
        fprintf(stderr,
                "Document not found in neither man of info system.\n");
        return 1;                          /* Not succesfull, return exit
                                            * code 1 to indicate failure */
    }
    return 0;
}