WhatExec.Lib 1.1.0

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dotnet add package WhatExec.Lib --version 1.1.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package WhatExec.Lib -Version 1.1.0
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<PackageReference Include="WhatExec.Lib" Version="1.1.0" />
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<PackageVersion Include="WhatExec.Lib" Version="1.1.0" />
                    


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paket add WhatExec.Lib --version 1.1.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: WhatExec.Lib, 1.1.0"
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#:package WhatExec.Lib@1.1.0
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#addin nuget:?package=WhatExec.Lib&version=1.1.0
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=WhatExec.Lib&version=1.1.0
                    


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WhatExec.Lib

Description

WhatExec.Lib is a C# library that finds executable files in PATH Environment Variables, Directories or Drives.

WhatExec.Lib implements WhatExec.Lib.Abstractions's interfaces.

Locators

Scenario Interface Class
Finding all Executable files on a Drive or in a Directory IExecutablesLocator ExecutablesLocator
Finding all Executable files with the same name IExecutableFileInstancesLocator ExecutableFileInstancesLocator

Resolvers

Scenario Interface Class
Resolve the file paths of specified Executable files IExecutableFileResolver ExecutableFileResolver
Resolve an Executable file path using just the PATH Environment variable IPathEnvironmentVariableResolver PathEnvironmentVariableResolver

Detectors

Scenario Interface Class
Detects whether a file is executable or not. IExecutableFileDetector ExecutableFileDetector
Detects the contents of the PATH Environment Variable, and the Path Executable Extensions Variable.<sup>1</sup> IPathEnvironmentVariableDetector PathEnvironmentVariableDetector

<sup>1</sup> - Executable extensions returns empty array on non-Windows platforms.

Installation

To install WhatExecLib, run the following command

dotnet add package WhatExec.Lib

License

This library is licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
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.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
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Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
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1.1.0 0 6/8/2026
1.0.0 343 3/13/2026

#### 🆕 Additions
- Added `IPathEnvironmentVariableDetector` as a constructor dependency to `ExecutableFileResolver` for improved PATH extension resolution
- Added `System.Linq.AsyncEnumerable` package reference for .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0 targets
- Added .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0 target frameworks, expanding platform support beyond net10.0 and netstandard2.0

#### ⚙️ Modifications
- Parallelized multi-drive executable searches in `ExecutableFileInstancesLocator` using `Task.WhenAll` for significantly improved performance
- Replaced `SafelyEnumerateFiles` with `EnumerateFiles` using `EnumerationOptions` (with `IgnoreInaccessible` and `MatchCasing.CaseInsensitive`) across locators and resolvers
- Converted `GetExecutablesInDriveAsync` to a streaming `IAsyncEnumerable`-based `EnumerateExecutablesInDriveAsync` to reduce memory allocations
- Added `EnumerateExecutablesInDirectoryAsync` for directory-level executable enumeration with PATH extension awareness
- Improved `ExecutableFileDetector` to detect `.dll` files via PE/MZ magic number validation on Windows
- Added `.com` file handling in `ExecutableFileDetector` with 64-bit OS magic number check
- Unified Mac and iOS detection logic in `ExecutableFileDetector` using MachO 64-bit magic number
- Simplified Linux/FreeBSD detection in `ExecutableFileDetector` to rely on ELF magic number without execute permission check
- Changed string comparison in `ExecutableFileResolver` to always use `OrdinalIgnoreCase` instead of platform-dependent comparison
- Removed unused global usings (`DotExtensions.IO.Directories`, `DotExtensions.IO.Files`, `WhatExec.Lib.Abstractions`)
- Enabled implicit usings in WhatExec.Lib.Abstractions
- Bumped DotExtensions from 10.0.0 to 10.3.2
- Bumped Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 10.0.5 to 10.0.8
- Bumped Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions from 10.0.5 to 10.0.8
- Bumped Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces from 10.0.5 to 10.0.8
- Bumped System.Linq.AsyncEnumerable from 10.0.5 to 10.0.8
- Bumped Polyfill from 9.18.0 to 10.8.1
- Bumped Meziantou.Analyzer from 3.0.23 to 3.0.101

#### 🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed `ExecutableFileDetector` to gracefully fall back to permission-based detection when magic number reading fails on Windows