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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1992 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Common code for yes/no prompting
+ *
+ * Used by pwck.c and grpck.c
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#ident "$Id$"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "prototypes.h"
+
+/*
+ * yes_or_no - get answer to question from the user
+ *
+ * It returns false if no.
+ *
+ * If the read_only flag is set, it will print No, and will return
+ * false.
+ */
+bool yes_or_no (bool read_only)
+{
+ char buf[80];
+
+ /*
+ * In read-only mode all questions are answered "no".
+ */
+ if (read_only) {
+ (void) puts (_("No"));
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Typically, there's a prompt on stdout, sometimes unflushed.
+ */
+ (void) fflush (stdout);
+
+ /*
+ * Get a line and see what the first character is.
+ */
+ /* TODO: use gettext */
+ if (fgets (buf, (int) sizeof buf, stdin) == buf) {
+ return buf[0] == 'y' || buf[0] == 'Y';
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+