From daf18d35526870e39f3009b6bf9a64d0b4859b9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robby Zambito <contact@robbyzambito.me>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:29:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Exec command directly if subshell fails

If execing the child fails, it might be because the shell doesn't exist.
Try running the command directly before giving up.
---
 src/main.zig | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index d7c9a61..734357b 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -178,7 +178,36 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
                     .stdout = .pipe,
                     .stderr = .ignore,
                     .stdin = .ignore,
-                }) catch continue;
+                }) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                    error.AccessDenied,
+                    error.FileBusy,
+                    error.FileNotFound,
+                    error.FileSystem,
+                    error.InvalidExe,
+                    error.IsDir,
+                    error.NotDir,
+                    error.OutOfMemory,
+                    error.PermissionDenied,
+                    error.SymLinkLoop,
+                    error.SystemResources,
+                    => blk: {
+                        var argv_buf: [128][]const u8 = undefined;
+                        var argv: ArrayList([]const u8) = .initBuffer(&argv_buf);
+                        var payload_iter = std.mem.splitAny(u8, connection_payload, " \t\n");
+                        while (payload_iter.next()) |arg| argv.appendBounded(arg) catch continue;
+                        break :blk std.process.spawn(init.io, .{
+                            .argv = argv.items,
+                            .stdout = .pipe,
+                            .stderr = .ignore,
+                            .stdin = .ignore,
+                        }) catch continue;
+                    },
+                    error.Canceled,
+                    error.NoDevice,
+                    error.OperationUnsupported,
+                    => |e| return e,
+                    else => continue,
+                };
 
                 var child_output_buf: [SaprusClient.max_payload_len]u8 = undefined;
                 var child_output_reader = child.stdout.?.reader(init.io, &child_output_buf);