Merge pull request #1913 from mo8it/which

Use `which` instead of running `rustc --version`

Author: mo8it

Cargo.lock

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ regex = "1.10.3"
 serde_json = "1.0.114"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.8.10"
+which = "6.0.1"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "rustlings"

Cargo.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, prelude::*};
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::process::Command;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, RecvTimeoutError};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ fn main() {
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
 
-    if !rustc_exists() {
+    if which::which("rustc").is_err() {
         println!("We cannot find `rustc`.");
         println!("Try running `rustc --version` to diagnose your problem.");
         println!("For instructions on how to install Rust, check the README.");
@@ -399,18 +399,6 @@ fn watch(
     }
 }
 
-fn rustc_exists() -> bool {
-    Command::new("rustc")
-        .args(["--version"])
-        .stdout(Stdio::null())
-        .stderr(Stdio::null())
-        .stdin(Stdio::null())
-        .spawn()
-        .and_then(|mut child| child.wait())
-        .map(|status| status.success())
-        .unwrap_or(false)
-}
-
 const DEFAULT_OUT: &str = "Thanks for installing Rustlings!
 
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