Do not always save executable name in memory in sync package

src/sync/2globalsUNIX.go

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !windows
-
-package sync
-
-import (
-	"os"
-)
-
-var vanityEXE = os.Args[0]

src/sync/2globalsWIN.go

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-//go:build windows
-
-package sync
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-var vanityEXE = os.Args[0][strings.LastIndex(os.Args[0], "\\")+1:]

src/sync/client.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func getSSHClient(manualSync bool) (*ssh.Client, string, bool) {
 	var sshUserConfig []string
 	var missingValueError string
 	if manualSync {
-		missingValueError = "SSH settings not configured - run \"" + vanityEXE + " init\" to configure"
+		missingValueError = joinErrorWithEXE("SSH settings not configured - run \"", " init\" to configure")
 	} else {
 		missingValueError = "0"
 	}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func getRemoteDataFromClient(manualSync bool) (map[string]int64, []string, []str
 	clientDeviceID, _ := os.ReadDir(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "devices")
 	if len(clientDeviceID) == 0 {
 		if manualSync {
-			fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError + "Sync failed - No device ID found; run \"" + vanityEXE + " init\" to generate a device ID" + backend.AnsiReset)
+			fmt.Println(joinErrorWithEXE("Sync failed - No device ID found; run \"", " init\" to generate a device ID"))
 			os.Exit(1)
 		} else {
 			backend.Exit(0) // exit silently if the sync job was called automatically, as the user may just be in offline mode

src/sync/commonUNIX.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func WalkEntryDir() ([]string, []string) {
 			// check for errors encountered while walking directory
 			if err != nil {
 				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError+"The entry directory does not exist - run \""+vanityEXE, "init"+"\" to create it"+backend.AnsiReset)
+					fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError+"The entry directory does not exist - run \""+os.Args[0], "init"+"\" to create it"+backend.AnsiReset)
 				} else {
 					// otherwise, print the source of the error
 					fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError + "An unexpected error occurred while generating the entry list: " + err.Error() + backend.AnsiReset)
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ func WalkEntryDir() ([]string, []string) {
 
 	return fileList, dirList
 }
+
+// joinErrorWithEXE joins and returns the two strings it is provided (in error format) with the executable name inserted between them
+func joinErrorWithEXE(firstHalf, secondHalf string) string {
+	return backend.AnsiError + firstHalf + os.Args[0] + secondHalf + backend.AnsiReset
+}

src/sync/commonWIN.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func WalkEntryDir() ([]string, []string) {
 			// check for errors encountered while walking directory
 			if err != nil {
 				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError+"The entry directory does not exist - run \""+vanityEXE, "init"+"\" to create it"+backend.AnsiReset)
+					fmt.Println(joinErrorWithEXE("The entry directory does not exist - run \"", " init"+"\" to create it"))
 				} else {
 					// otherwise, print the source of the error
 					fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError + "An unexpected error occurred while generating the entry list: " + err.Error() + backend.AnsiReset)
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ func WalkEntryDir() ([]string, []string) {
 
 	return fileList, dirList
 }
+
+// joinErrorWithEXE joins and returns the two strings it is provided (in error format) with the executable name inserted between them
+func joinErrorWithEXE(firstHalf, secondHalf string) string {
+	return backend.AnsiError + firstHalf + os.Args[0][strings.LastIndex(os.Args[0], "\\")+1:] + secondHalf + backend.AnsiReset
+}