4 * Server-side utility functions
20 * strproc() - make a string 'nice'
22 void strproc(char *string)
26 if (string == NULL) return;
27 if (strlen(string)==0) return;
29 /* Convert non-printable characters to blanks */
30 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
31 if (string[a]<32) string[a]=32;
32 if (string[a]>126) string[a]=32;
35 /* Remove leading and trailing blanks */
36 while( (string[0]<33) && (strlen(string)>0) )
37 strcpy(string,&string[1]);
38 while( (string[strlen(string)-1]<33) && (strlen(string)>0) )
39 string[strlen(string)-1]=0;
41 /* Remove double blanks */
42 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
43 if ((string[a]==32)&&(string[a+1]==32)) {
44 strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
49 /* remove characters which would interfere with the network */
50 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
51 while (string[a]=='!') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
52 while (string[a]=='@') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
53 while (string[a]=='_') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
54 while (string[a]==',') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
55 while (string[a]=='%') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
56 while (string[a]=='|') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
64 * get a line of text from a file
65 * ignores lines starting with #
67 int getstring(FILE *fp, char *string)
82 } while(string[0]=='#');
83 return(strlen(string));
88 * pattern2() - searches for patn within search string, returns pos
90 int pattern2(char *search, char *patn)
93 for (a=0; a<strlen(search); ++a) {
94 if (!strncasecmp(&search[a],patn,strlen(patn))) return(a);
101 * mesg_locate() - locate a message or help file, case insensitive
103 void mesg_locate(char *targ, char *searchfor, int numdirs, char **dirs)
109 for (a=0; a<numdirs; ++a) {
110 sprintf(buf,"cd %s; exec ls",dirs[a]);
111 ls = (FILE *) popen(buf,"r");
113 while(fgets(buf,sizeof buf,ls)!=NULL) {
114 while (isspace(buf[strlen(buf)-1]))
115 buf[strlen(buf)-1] = 0;
116 if (!strcasecmp(buf,searchfor)) {
118 sprintf(targ,"%s/%s",dirs[a],buf);
129 #ifndef HAVE_STRERROR
131 * replacement strerror() for systems that don't have it
133 char *strerror(int e)
137 sprintf(buf,"errno = %d",e);