3 * utils.c -- various utility routines
5 * This code is Copyright (c) 2006, by the authors of nmh. See the
6 * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
7 * complete copyright information.
17 * We allocate space for messages (msgs array)
18 * this number of elements at a time.
26 mh_xmalloc(size_t size)
31 adios(NULL, "Tried to malloc 0 bytes");
33 memory = malloc(size);
35 adios(NULL, "Malloc failed");
44 mh_xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
48 /* Some non-POSIX realloc()s don't cope with realloc(NULL,sz) */
50 return mh_xmalloc(size);
53 adios(NULL, "Tried to realloc 0bytes");
55 memory = realloc(ptr, size);
57 adios(NULL, "Realloc failed");
63 * Return the present working directory, if the current directory does not
64 * exist, or is too long, make / the pwd.
70 static char curwd[PATH_MAX];
72 if (!getcwd (curwd, PATH_MAX)) {
73 admonish (NULL, "unable to determine working directory");
74 if (!mypath || !*mypath
75 || (strcpy (curwd, mypath), chdir (curwd)) == -1) {
82 if ((cp = curwd + strlen (curwd) - 1) > curwd && *cp == '/')
89 * add -- If "s1" is NULL, this routine just creates a
90 * -- copy of "s2" into newly malloc'ed memory.
92 * -- If "s1" is not NULL, then copy the concatenation
93 * -- of "s1" and "s2" (note the order) into newly
94 * -- malloc'ed memory. Then free "s1".
97 add (char *s2, char *s1)
100 size_t len1 = 0, len2 = 0;
107 cp = mh_xmalloc (len1 + len2 + 1);
109 /* Copy s1 and free it */
111 memcpy (cp, s1, len1);
117 memcpy (cp + len1, s2, len2);
119 /* Now NULL terminate the string */
120 cp[len1 + len2] = '\0';
127 * Append an item to a comma separated list
130 addlist (char *list, char *item)
133 list = add (", ", list);
135 return add (item, list);
140 * Check to see if a folder exists.
142 int folder_exists(char *folder)
147 if (stat (folder, &st) == -1) {
148 /* The folder either doesn't exist, or we hit an error. Either way
153 /* We can see a folder with the right name */
163 * Check to see if a folder exists, if not, prompt the user to create
166 void create_folder(char *folder, int autocreate, void (*done_callback)(int))
172 if (stat (folder, &st) == -1) {
174 adios (folder, "error on folder");
175 if (autocreate == 0) {
176 /* ask before creating folder */
177 cp = concat ("Create folder \"", folder, "\"? ", NULL);
181 } else if (autocreate == -1) {
182 /* do not create, so exit */
185 if (!makedir (folder))
186 adios (NULL, "unable to create folder %s", folder);
192 * Return the number of digits in a nonnegative integer.
201 adios (NULL, "oops, num_digits called with negative value");
215 * Append a message arg to an array of them, resizing it if necessary.
216 * The function is written to suit the arg parsing code it was extracted
217 * from, and will probably be changed when the other code is cleaned up.
220 app_msgarg(struct msgs_array *msgs, char *cp)
222 if(msgs->size >= msgs->max)
223 msgs->msgs = mh_xrealloc(msgs->msgs, (msgs->max+=MAXMSGS)*sizeof(*msgs->msgs));
224 msgs->msgs[msgs->size++] = cp;
227 /* Open a form or components file */
229 open_form(char **form, char *def)
233 if ((in = open (etcpath (*form), O_RDONLY)) == NOTOK)
234 adios (*form, "unable to open form file");
236 if ((in = open (etcpath (def), O_RDONLY)) == NOTOK)
237 adios (def, "unable to open default components file");