From e987034cb209869c0ed1ffa8e8b69f2fd5dc8318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iacore <noreply+gpg-stub@1a-insec.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:21:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] wip: get_service_description_dir doesn't seem to service
 directory

---
 src/dinitctl.cc | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/dinitctl.cc b/src/dinitctl.cc
index 1945c52b..32d04fd7 100644
--- a/src/dinitctl.cc
+++ b/src/dinitctl.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static int trigger_service(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, const char *service
 static int cat_service_log(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, const char *service_name, bool do_clear);
 static int signal_send(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, const char *service_name, sig_num_t sig_num);
 static int signal_list();
+static std::string get_service_description_dir(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, handle_t service_handle);
 
 enum class ctl_cmd {
     NONE,
@@ -1735,6 +1737,12 @@ static int service_status(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, const char *service_
         if (service_pid != -1) {
             cout << "    Process ID: " << service_pid << "\n";
         }
+
+        std::string service_dir = get_service_description_dir(socknum, rbuffer, handle);
+        if (!service_dir.empty()) {
+            std::string path = service_dir + "/" + service_name;
+            cout << "    Path: " << path << "\n";
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -1832,6 +1840,7 @@ static int shutdown_dinit(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, bool verbose)
 }
 
 // Get the service description directory for a loaded service
+// Returns empty string when cannot find the directory
 static std::string get_service_description_dir(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, handle_t service_handle)
 {
     auto m = membuf()

From 27ae9e54ae80f8e473ebc032b2719b69d7680893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iacore <noreply+gpg-stub@1a-insec.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:32:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] no idea how to use this

---
 src/dinitctl.cc | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dinitctl.cc b/src/dinitctl.cc
index 32d04fd7..ba47b8d1 100644
--- a/src/dinitctl.cc
+++ b/src/dinitctl.cc
@@ -1738,11 +1738,19 @@ static int service_status(int socknum, cpbuffer_t &rbuffer, const char *service_
             cout << "    Process ID: " << service_pid << "\n";
         }
 
-        std::string service_dir = get_service_description_dir(socknum, rbuffer, handle);
-        if (!service_dir.empty()) {
-            std::string path = service_dir + "/" + service_name;
-            cout << "    Path: " << path << "\n";
+
+        handle_t from_handle;
+
+        if (!load_service(socknum, rbuffer, service_name, &from_handle, nullptr)) {
+            // TODO: handle error here?
+        } else {
+            std::string service_dir = get_service_description_dir(socknum, rbuffer, from_handle);
+            if (!service_dir.empty()) {
+                std::string path = service_dir + "/" + service_name;
+                cout << "    Path: " << path << "\n";
+            }
         }
+
     }
 
     return 0;