From 5faef74bae317156c9c199b942f018683080a77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn L McGrath Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:38:12 +0000 Subject: Reads a field from a debian control (status or available) file, handles multi-line fields. --- libbb/read_package_field.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 libbb/read_package_field.c diff --git a/libbb/read_package_field.c b/libbb/read_package_field.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4ba0bc602 --- /dev/null +++ b/libbb/read_package_field.c @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +//#include +#include +#include "libbb.h" + +/* + * Returns a [multi-line] package field + */ +extern char *read_package_field(const char *package_buffer) +{ + char *field = NULL; + int field_length = 0; + int buffer_length = 0; + + buffer_length = strlen(package_buffer); + field = xcalloc(1, buffer_length + 1); + + while ((field = strchr(&package_buffer[field_length], '\n')) != NULL) { + field_length = buffer_length - strlen(field); + if (package_buffer[field_length + 1] != ' ') { + break; + } else { + field_length++; + } + } + if (field_length == 0) { + return(NULL); + } else { + return(xstrndup(package_buffer, field_length)); + } +} + -- cgit v1.2.3