MM-6839: searching for paths relative to executable (#8915)

* MM-6839: search relative to executable (#8853)

* MM-6839: searching for paths relative to executable

In addition to searching relative to the current working directory, also
search relative to the location of the binary. This helps locate config
and i18n files when invoking an absolute path to the mattermost binary.

* MM-6839: find mattermost/ binary using utils.FindFile

* add unit tests for utils.FindFile to exclude directories

* fix filtering out directories in FindFile

* fix platform invoking ./bin/mattermost

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/platform/main.go b/cmd/platform/main.go
index b5ea51920..25e091a84 100644
--- a/cmd/platform/main.go
+++ b/cmd/platform/main.go
@@ -6,19 +6,10 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
-)
 
-func findMattermostBinary() string {
-	for _, file := range []string{"./mattermost", "../mattermost", "./bin/mattermost"} {
-		path, _ := filepath.Abs(file)
-		if stat, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil && !stat.IsDir() {
-			return path
-		}
-	}
-	return "./mattermost"
-}
+	"github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/utils"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	// Print angry message to use mattermost command directly
@@ -33,7 +24,15 @@ The platform binary will be removed in a future version.
 	args := os.Args
 	args[0] = "mattermost"
 	args = append(args, "--platform")
-	if err := syscall.Exec(findMattermostBinary(), args, nil); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Could not start Mattermost, use the mattermost command directly.")
+
+	realMattermost := utils.FindFile("mattermost")
+	if realMattermost == "" {
+		realMattermost = utils.FindFile("bin/mattermost")
+	}
+
+	if realMattermost == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Could not start Mattermost, use the mattermost command directly: failed to find mattermost")
+	} else if err := syscall.Exec(realMattermost, args, nil); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Could not start Mattermost, use the mattermost command directly: %s\n", err.Error())
 	}
 }