Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Some new helper functions in "quote.c" are used for this. > The goal is also to get near the point where we can use > one write(2) call to trace in any open file descriptor. > This is why we put the trace string into one buffer. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I really liked the fact (not necessarily the way, though) this shortens the callers. > diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c > index e220dcc..84d0b7b 100644 > --- a/quote.c > +++ b/quote.c > @@ -74,6 +74,84 @@ char *sq_quote(const char *src) > return buf; > } > > +char *sq_quote_argv(const char** argv, int count) > +{ > + char *buf, *to; > + int i; > + size_t len; > + > + /* Count argv if needed. */ > + if (count < 0) { > + char **p = (char **)argv; > + count = 0; > + while (*p++) count++; > + } Wouldn't this be easier to read? if (count < 0) for (count = 0; argv[count]; count++) ; /* just counting */ > + /* Get destination buffer length. */ > + len = count ? count : 1; This confused me quite a bit. Wouldn't it be simpler to special case the count==0 case and return xcalloc(1,1) here (this would allow you to lose "if (!count)" later as well)? > + /* Copy into destination buffer. */ > + for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) { > + if (i) *to++ = ' '; (style) if (i) *to++ = ' '; > + to += sq_quote_buf(to, len, argv[i]); > + } > + > + if (!count) > + *buf = 0; > + > + return buf; > +} > +/* Return a newly allocated copy of "format" where the > + * first occurence of "old" has been replaced by "new". */ > +static char *str_subst(const char *format, const char *old, const char *new) > +{ I do not think there is anything wrong with this function per-se, but... > +void sq_quote_argv_printf(FILE* out, const char **argv, int count, > + const char *format, ...) > +{ > + /* Replace the string "ARGV" in format with the quoted arg values. */ > + char *argv_str = sq_quote_argv(argv, count); > + char *new_format = str_subst(format, "ARGV", argv_str); > + > + /* Print into "out" using the new format. */ > + va_list rest; > + va_start(rest, format); > + vfprintf(out, new_format, rest); > + va_end(rest); this feels wrong. What happens when the original argv had a per-cent in it? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html