2 * fmt_new.c -- read format file/string and normalize
4 * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh. See the
5 * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
6 * complete copyright information.
14 static char *formats = 0;
19 static void normalize (char *);
23 * Get new format string
27 new_fs (char *form, char *format, char *default_fs)
36 if ((fp = fopen (etcpath (form), "r")) == NULL)
37 adios (form, "unable to open format file");
39 if (fstat (fileno (fp), &st) == -1)
40 adios (form, "unable to stat format file");
42 formats = mh_xmalloc ((size_t) st.st_size + 1);
44 if (read (fileno(fp), formats, (int) st.st_size) != st.st_size)
45 adios (form, "error reading format file");
47 formats[st.st_size] = '\0';
51 formats = getcpy (format ? format : default_fs);
54 normalize (formats); /* expand escapes */
61 * Expand escapes in format strings
69 for (dp = cp; *cp; cp++) {