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// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package base

import (
	"fmt"
	"go/build"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"

	"cmd/go/internal/cfg"
)

// Tool returns the path to the named tool (for example, "vet").
// If the tool cannot be found, Tool exits the process.
func Tool(toolName string) string {
	toolPath := filepath.Join(build.ToolDir, toolName) + cfg.ToolExeSuffix()
	if len(cfg.BuildToolexec) > 0 {
		return toolPath
	}
	// Give a nice message if there is no tool with that name.
	if _, err := os.Stat(toolPath); err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go: no such tool %q\n", toolName)
		SetExitStatus(2)
		Exit()
	}
	return toolPath
}