ut.c File Reference

various general purpose/utility functions. More...

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
#include <libgen.h>
#include "ut.h"
#include "mem/mem.h"
#include "globals.h"

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Functions

• char * get_abs_pathname (str *base, str *file)

  transform a relative pathname into an absolute one.
  

• char * str_search (str *text, str *needle)

  search for occurence of needle in text
  

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Detailed Description

Module: core

Definition in file ut.c.

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Function Documentation

char* get_abs_pathname	(	str *	base,
		str *	file
	)

Converts relative pathnames to absolute pathnames.

Parameters:

	base	- base file, used to extract the absolute path prefix. Might be NULL, in which case the path of the ser.cfg is used.
	file	- file path to be transformed. If it's already absolute (starts with '/') is left alone. If not the result will be `dirname base`/file.

Returns:

pkg allocated asciiz string or 0 on error.

Definition at line 218 of file ut.c.

References _str::len, _str::s, and STR_FMT.

Referenced by cfg_parser_init(), fix_initial_pathname(), fix_rel_pathname(), and fix_shm_pathname().

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char* str_search	(	str *	text,
		str *	needle
	)

search for needle in text

Returns:

pointer to start of needle in text or NULL if the needle is not found

Definition at line 284 of file ut.c.

References _str::len, and _str::s.