+static const char *
+valid_db_path(const char *nominal)
+{
+ struct stat sb;
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+ char suffix[] = DBM_SUFFIX;
+ size_t need = strlen(nominal) + sizeof(suffix);
+ char *result = malloc(need);
+
+ strcpy(result, nominal);
+ if (strcmp(result + need - sizeof(suffix), suffix)) {
+ strcat(result, suffix);
+ }
+#else
+ char *result = strdup(nominal);
+#endif
+
+ DEBUG(1, ("** stat(%s)", result));
+ if (stat(result, &sb) >= 0) {
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+ if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)
+ || access(result, R_OK | W_OK) != 0) {
+ DEBUG(1, ("...not a writable file"));
+ free(result);
+ result = 0;
+ }
+#else
+ if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)
+ || access(result, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) != 0) {
+ DEBUG(1, ("...not a writable directory"));
+ free(result);
+ result = 0;
+ }
+#endif
+ } else {
+ /* check if parent is directory and is writable */
+ unsigned leaf = _nc_pathlast(result);
+
+ DEBUG(1, ("...not found"));
+ if (leaf) {
+ char save = result[leaf];
+ result[leaf] = 0;
+ if (stat(result, &sb) >= 0
+ && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)
+ && access(result, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) == 0) {
+ result[leaf] = save;
+ } else {
+ DEBUG(1, ("...parent directory %s is not writable", result));
+ free(result);
+ result = 0;
+ }
+ } else {
+ DEBUG(1, ("... no parent directory"));
+ free(result);
+ result = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Show the databases to which tic could write. The location to which it
+ * writes is always the first one. If none are writable, print an error
+ * message.
+ */
+static void
+show_databases(const char *outdir)
+{
+ bool specific = (outdir != 0) || getenv("TERMINFO") != 0;
+ const char *result;
+ const char *tried = 0;
+
+ if (outdir == 0) {
+ outdir = _nc_tic_dir(0);
+ }
+ if ((result = valid_db_path(outdir)) != 0) {
+ printf("%s\n", result);
+ } else {
+ tried = outdir;
+ }
+
+ if ((outdir = _nc_home_terminfo())) {
+ if ((result = valid_db_path(outdir)) != 0) {
+ printf("%s\n", result);
+ } else if (!specific) {
+ tried = outdir;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If we can write in neither location, give an error message.
+ */
+ if (tried) {
+ fflush(stdout);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s (no permission)\n", _nc_progname, tried);
+ ExitProgram(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+}
+
+#define VtoTrace(opt) (unsigned) ((opt > 0) ? opt : (opt == 0))
+