glibc/string/argz.h

/* Routines for dealing with '\0' separated arg vectors.
   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
   License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

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   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#ifndef __ARGZ_H__

#define __ARGZ_H__	1
#include <features.h>

#include <errno.h>		/* Define error_t.  */
#include <string.h>		/* Need size_t, and strchr is called below.  */


__BEGIN_DECLS

/* Make a '\0' separated arg vector from a unix argv vector, returning it in
   ARGZ, and the total length in LEN.  If a memory allocation error occurs,
   ENOMEM is returned, otherwise 0.  The result can be destroyed using free. */
extern error_t __argz_create __P ((char *__const __argv[], char **__argz,
				   size_t *__len));
extern error_t argz_create __P ((char *__const __argv[], char **__argz,
				 size_t *__len));

/* Make a '\0' separated arg vector from a SEP separated list in
   STRING, returning it in ARGZ, and the total length in LEN.  If a
   memory allocation error occurs, ENOMEM is returned, otherwise 0.
   The result can be destroyed using free.  */
extern error_t __argz_create_sep __P ((__const char *__string, int __sep,
				       char **__argz, size_t *__len));
extern error_t argz_create_sep __P ((__const char *__string, int __sep,
				     char **__argz, size_t *__len));

/* Returns the number of strings in ARGZ.  */
extern size_t __argz_count __P ((__const char *__argz, size_t __len));
extern size_t argz_count __P ((__const char *__argz, size_t __len));

/* Puts pointers to each string in ARGZ into ARGV, which must be large enough
   to hold them all.  */
extern void __argz_extract __P ((char *__argz, size_t __len, char **__argv));
extern void argz_extract __P ((char *__argz, size_t __len, char **__argv));

/* Make '\0' separated arg vector ARGZ printable by converting all the '\0's
   except the last into the character SEP.  */
extern void __argz_stringify __P ((char *__argz, size_t __len, int __sep));
extern void argz_stringify __P ((char *__argz, size_t __len, int __sep));

/* Append BUF, of length BUF_LEN to the argz vector in ARGZ & ARGZ_LEN.  */
extern error_t __argz_append __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				   __const char *__buf, size_t _buf_len));
extern error_t argz_append __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				 __const char *__buf, size_t __buf_len));

/* Append STR to the argz vector in ARGZ & ARGZ_LEN.  */
extern error_t __argz_add __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				__const char *__str));
extern error_t argz_add __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
			      __const char *__str));

/* Delete ENTRY from ARGZ & ARGZ_LEN, if it appears there.  */
extern void __argz_delete __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				char *__entry));
extern void argz_delete __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
			      char *__entry));

/* Insert ENTRY into ARGZ & ARGZ_LEN before BEFORE, which should be an
   existing entry in ARGZ; if BEFORE is NULL, ENTRY is appended to the end.
   Since ARGZ's first entry is the same as ARGZ, argz_insert (ARGZ, ARGZ_LEN,
   ARGZ, ENTRY) will insert ENTRY at the beginning of ARGZ.  If BEFORE is not
   in ARGZ, EINVAL is returned, else if memory can't be allocated for the new
   ARGZ, ENOMEM is returned, else 0.  */
extern error_t __argz_insert __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				   char *__before, __const char *__entry));
extern error_t argz_insert __P ((char **__argz, size_t *__argz_len,
				 char *__before, __const char *__entry));

/* Returns the next entry in ARGZ & ARGZ_LEN after ENTRY, or NULL if there
   are no more.  If entry is NULL, then the first entry is returned.  This
   behavior allows two convenient iteration styles:

    char *entry = 0;
    while ((entry = argz_next (argz, argz_len, entry)))
      ...;

   or

    char *entry;
    for (entry = argz; entry; entry = argz_next (argz, argz_len, entry))
      ...;
*/
extern char *__argz_next __P ((char *argz, size_t __argz_len,
			       __const char *entry));
extern char *argz_next __P ((char *argz, size_t __argz_len,
			     __const char *entry));

#if defined (__OPTIMIZE__) && __GNUC__ >= 2
extern inline char *
__argz_next (char *__argz, size_t __argz_len, __const char *__entry)
{
  if (__entry)
    {
      if (__entry < __argz + __argz_len)
	__entry = strchr (__entry, '\0') + 1;

      return __entry >= __argz + __argz_len ? NULL : (char *) __entry;
    }
  else
    return __argz_len > 0 ? __argz : 0;
}
extern inline char *
argz_next (char *__argz, size_t __argz_len, __const char *__entry)
{
  return __argz_next (__argz, __argz_len, __entry);
}
#endif /* optimizing GCC2 */

#endif /* argz.h */