4 * Server-side utility functions
14 #include <sys/types.h>
26 * strproc() - make a string 'nice'
28 void strproc(char *string)
32 if (string == NULL) return;
33 if (strlen(string)==0) return;
35 /* Convert non-printable characters to blanks */
36 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
37 if (string[a]<32) string[a]=32;
38 if (string[a]>126) string[a]=32;
41 /* Remove leading and trailing blanks */
42 while( (string[0]<33) && (strlen(string)>0) )
43 strcpy(string,&string[1]);
44 while( (string[strlen(string)-1]<33) && (strlen(string)>0) )
45 string[strlen(string)-1]=0;
47 /* Remove double blanks */
48 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
49 if ((string[a]==32)&&(string[a+1]==32)) {
50 strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
55 /* remove characters which would interfere with the network */
56 for (a=0; a<strlen(string); ++a) {
57 while (string[a]=='!') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
58 while (string[a]=='@') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
59 while (string[a]=='_') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
60 while (string[a]==',') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
61 while (string[a]=='%') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
62 while (string[a]=='|') strcpy(&string[a],&string[a+1]);
70 * get a line of text from a file
71 * ignores lines starting with #
73 int getstring(FILE *fp, char *string)
88 } while(string[0]=='#');
89 return(strlen(string));
94 * pattern2() - searches for patn within search string, returns pos
96 int pattern2(char *search, char *patn)
99 for (a=0; a<strlen(search); ++a) {
100 if (!strncasecmp(&search[a],patn,strlen(patn))) return(a);
107 * mesg_locate() - locate a message or help file, case insensitive
109 void mesg_locate(char *targ, size_t n, const char *searchfor,
110 int numdirs, const char * const *dirs)
116 for (a=0; a<numdirs; ++a) {
117 snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s", dirs[a], searchfor);
118 if (!stat(buf, &test)) {
119 snprintf(targ,n,"%s/%s", dirs[a], searchfor);
127 #ifndef HAVE_STRERROR
129 * replacement strerror() for systems that don't have it
131 char *strerror(int e)
135 snprintf(buf,sizeof buf,"errno = %d",e);