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diff --git a/src/util/split_nameval.c b/src/util/split_nameval.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0359f1a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/util/split_nameval.c @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +/*++ +/* NAME +/* split_nameval 3 +/* SUMMARY +/* name-value splitter +/* SYNOPSIS +/* #include <split_nameval.h> +/* +/* const char *split_nameval(buf, name, value) +/* char *buf; +/* char **name; +/* char **value; +/* DESCRIPTION +/* split_nameval() takes a logical line from readlline() and expects +/* text of the form "name = value" or "name =". The buffer +/* argument is broken up into name and value substrings. +/* +/* Arguments: +/* .IP buf +/* Result from readlline() or equivalent. The buffer is modified. +/* .IP name +/* Upon successful completion, this is set to the name +/* substring. +/* .IP value +/* Upon successful completion, this is set to the value +/* substring. +/* FEATURES +/* SEE ALSO +/* dict(3) mid-level dictionary routines +/* BUGS +/* DIAGNOSTICS +/* Fatal errors: out of memory. +/* +/* The result is a null pointer in case of success, a string +/* describing the error otherwise: missing '=' after attribute +/* name; missing attribute name. +/* LICENSE +/* .ad +/* .fi +/* The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. +/* AUTHOR(S) +/* Wietse Venema +/* IBM T.J. Watson Research +/* P.O. Box 704 +/* Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA +/*--*/ + +/* System libraries. */ + +#include "sys_defs.h" +#include <ctype.h> +#include <string.h> + +/* Utility library. */ + +#include <msg.h> +#include <stringops.h> + +/* split_nameval - split text into name and value */ + +const char *split_nameval(char *buf, char **name, char **value) +{ + char *np; /* name substring */ + char *vp; /* value substring */ + char *cp; + char *ep; + + /* + * Ugly macros to make complex expressions less unreadable. + */ +#define SKIP(start, var, cond) do { \ + for (var = start; *var && (cond); var++) \ + /* void */; \ + } while (0) + +#define TRIM(s) do { \ + char *p; \ + for (p = (s) + strlen(s); p > (s) && ISSPACE(p[-1]); p--) \ + /* void */; \ + *p = 0; \ + } while (0) + + SKIP(buf, np, ISSPACE(*np)); /* find name begin */ + if (*np == 0) + return ("missing attribute name"); + SKIP(np, ep, !ISSPACE(*ep) && *ep != '='); /* find name end */ + SKIP(ep, cp, ISSPACE(*cp)); /* skip blanks before '=' */ + if (*cp != '=') /* need '=' */ + return ("missing '=' after attribute name"); + *ep = 0; /* terminate name */ + cp++; /* skip over '=' */ + SKIP(cp, vp, ISSPACE(*vp)); /* skip leading blanks */ + TRIM(vp); /* trim trailing blanks */ + *name = np; + *value = vp; + return (0); +} |