From 77d604c30974587a2e0d36d92c48cef87f6e8e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:46:10 -0700 Subject: Enhanced sq_quote() Create function to sq_quote into a buffer Handle !'s for csh-based shells Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- quote.h | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'quote.h') diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h index c8cfb3a124..50ce1df976 100644 --- a/quote.h +++ b/quote.h @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ #ifndef QUOTE_H #define QUOTE_H +#include /* Help to copy the thing properly quoted for the shell safety. - * any single quote is replaced with '\'', and the whole thing - * is enclosed in a single quote pair. + * any single quote is replaced with '\'', any exclamation point + * is replaced with '\!', and the whole thing is enclosed in a + * single quote pair. * * For example, if you are passing the result to system() as an * argument: @@ -19,8 +21,13 @@ * * Note that the above examples leak memory! Remember to free result from * sq_quote() in a real application. + * + * sq_quote_buf() writes to an existing buffer of specified size; it + * will return the number of characters that would have been written + * excluding the final null regardless of the buffer size. */ char *sq_quote(const char *src); +size_t sq_quote_buf(char *dst, size_t n, const char *src); #endif -- cgit v1.2.3