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.TH UKCPROG 3  "February 1991" "UKC Local"
.SH NAME
ukcprog \- Library of utilities for C programmers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.LP
In source code,
.Vs
#include <local/ukcprog.h>
.Ve
and link with
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cc ... -lukcprog
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.SH AVAILABILITY
.LP
.\"
.\" The following sentence motivated the port to MS-DOG.
.\"
This is a UKC library, available for the \s-1UNIX\s0 and \s-1VMS\s0
operating systems, and for MS-DOS.
.\"
.\" It was worth it ...
.\"
The source code is freely available so if you want to make
a source release of your application you can include a copy of the
source of this library as well.
To obtain a copy of the source code contact either of the authors
named below.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The ukcprog library contains generally useful low level routines.
The
.fX ukcprog.h
header file contains prototypes for the
routines as well as defining some useful macros and types.
.Vs
#ifdef __STDC__
#define PROTO(a)        a
typedef void *voidptr;
#else
#define PROTO(a)        ()
#define const
#define volatile
#define signed
typedef char *voidptr;
#endif
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.LP
The definitions of
.fX const ,
.fX volatile
and
.fX signed
allow these ANSI C keywords to be used in code which must be portable
to pre-ANSI C compilers.
.LP
The
.fX voidptr
typedef is similarly there to help with code for pre-ANSI compilers
which do not support the
.fX "void *" ' `
type.
Functions which are documented here as returning
.fX "void *" ' `
return
.fX "char *" ' `
when compiling with a non-ANSI C compiler.
.LP
The
.fX PROTO
macro is useful for declaring function prototypes
for use with ANSI C while still allowing the code to be compiled with
K&R compilers.
It is used thus:
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int myfunc PROTO((int arg1, char *arg2));
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With an ANSI C compiler this expands to
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int myfunc (int arg1, char *arg2);
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whereas a pre-ANSI compiler sees:
.Vs
int myfunc ();
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.LP
Note the double brackets; these are necessary to make all the parameters
a single argument to the
.fX PROTO
macro.
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#ifndef FALSE
#define FALSE   0
#endif
#ifndef TRUE
#define TRUE    1
#endif
#ifndef bool
#define bool int
#endif
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These define the commonly used
.fX TRUE
and
.fX FALSE
macros to their usual values.
The definitions are protected in case these are already defined.
The
.fX bool
macro is intended to be used to declared variables
that are conceptually boolean.
A
.fX #define
is used rather than a typedef because there might already be a typedef
for
.fX bool .
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#ifdef __STDC__
#define CAT(a,b)        a ## b
#else
#define _IDENT(a) a
#define CAT(a,b) _IDENT(a)b
#endif /* !__STDC__ */
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The
.fX CAT
macro can be used to glue two tokens together in the same way as
the ANSI C
.fX ##
operator.
.fX CAT
also works with many (but not all) pre-ANSI C preprocessors.
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void panic(const char *message)
.sp
typedef void (*panic_handler_t)(const char *message);
panic_handler_t install_panic_handler(panic_hander_t handler)
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By default
.fX panic()
produces a message on stderr of the form
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fatal internal error: \fIsomething\fP (aborting)...
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It then calls
.fX abort(3)
to produce a core dump.
Alternative `panic handlers' can be installed using
.fX install_panic_handler()
which returns the previous handler.
Panic handlers can perform tidy-up tasks, such as
removing temporary files or calling
.fX chdir(2)
to arrange for
the core to land in a safe place.
If a panic handler is called and returns then the default
action is carried out.
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void *e_malloc(size_t size)
void *e_realloc(void *old, size_t size)
char *strsave(const char *str)
.Ve
.fX e_malloc()
and
.fX e_realloc()
are error-checking versions
of the corresponding routines in the standard C library.
They call
.fX panic()
if the request fails.
.fX e_realloc()
behaves according to the ANSI specification for
.fX realloc() ;
that is, if
.fX old
is NULL it behaves like
.fX malloc()
and if size is 0, it behaves like
.fX free() .
.fX strsave()
allocates some memory using
.fX e_malloc() ,
copies
.fX str
into it, and returns a pointer to the copy.
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char *fpgetline(FILE *fp)
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.fX fpgetline()
reads characters from the standard IO stream
.fX fp
until a newline character or EOF is encountered.
.fX fpgetline()
returns
.fX NULL
if EOF or an error occurred before any characters were read;
otherwise it returns a pointer to the NUL terminated line.
.fX fpgetline()
never adds a newline to the buffer.
The user can check for a missing final newline in a file by checking
the EOF flag of the stream pointer when
.fX fpgetline()
returns a non-NULL pointer.
.LP
When
.fX fpgetline()
returns 
.fX NULL
the caller should check with
.fX ferror(3)
whether the cause was EOF or an error reading the stream
.fX fp .
.LP
.fX fpgetline()
returns a pointer to a static buffer that is resized as necessary
to handle long lines.
The caller can modify the contents of the buffer but must not free
it or realloc it.
The buffer is valid only until the next call of
.fX fpgetline() .
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char *config_trim_line(char *line)
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.fX config_trim_line()
trims comments and white space in place from a line.
First it scans for the first
.fX # ' `
character in the line.
If there is one it is removed along with any following characters.
Then leading and trailing whitespace characters (as defined by
.IR isspace (3))
are removed.
.fX config_trim_line()
returns a pointer to the trimmed line (which will point into the line
that it was given).
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A typical use of this routine is to skip blank lines and comments from
a configuration file.
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typedef void (*errf_ofunc_t)(const char *string);
.sp
void errf(const char *fmt, ...)
char *strf(const char *fmt, ...)
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errf_ofunc_t errf_set_ofunc(errf_ofunc_t func)
const char *errf_set_prefix(const char *prefix)
const char *errf_get_prefix(void)
void_errf_set_progname(const char *progname)
const char *errf_get_progname(void)
char *formf(char *buffer, int buffer_size,
            const char *format, va_list args)
void errf_usage(const char *usage)
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These routines form the basis of a generalised error handling system.
.fX errf()
formats an error message, much like
.fX printf(3) ,
but then passes the formatted text to the `current output function'.
The default output function appends a newline to the message and
sends it to stderr.
An alternative output function can be installed with
.fX errf_set_ofunc() ;
it returns the old one which can be re-installed as required.
The default output function can optionally prefix the message with
a fixed string; this can be inserted with
.fX errf_set_prefix() .
A pointer to the current prefix is returned by
.fX errf_get_prefix() .
By convention, this prefix is derived from the name of the program.
.fX errf_set_progname()
is a convenience routine which, when passed
.fX argv[0] ,
munges it in an operating system specific way to produce the program name
and sets the prefix to something that looks `nice'.
A pointer to the program name (after munging) can be obtained by
.fX errf_get_progname().
A usage line can be sent to the current output function by
.fX errf_usage() ;
it prefixes
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Usage: \fIprogname\fP
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to its argument, and exits with status 1.
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.fX strf()
formats a string in the same way as
.fX errf() ,
but returns a pointer to a buffer obtained from
.fX malloc(3)
that
contains the result.
.LP
.fX formf()
is used in the internal implementation of
.fX errf()
and
.fX strf()
and
.fX logf()
(see below) and is not for the faint-hearted.
It is made visible because it is useful if you need to implement
other
.fX errf() "-style"
functions.
In addition to the normal format conversions,
.fX formf()
provides
.fX %m ' `
which inserts an error message
corresponding to the current value of
.fX errno
into the output string.
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int logf_set_ofile PROTO((const char *filename, const char *prefix));
void logf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
int logf_set_level PROTO((int level));
void logf_errf_ofunc PROTO((const char *str));
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These routines are an alternative to
.I syslog (3)
for applications that need to log messages to a specified file.
.fX logf()
handles the
.fX fmt
format string and arguments in the same same way as
.fX errf() .
If there has been no prior call to
.fX logf_set_ofile ()
(see below) the message is 
displayed on stderr, prefixed with the current date and time.
If the output
.I is
going to a file,
.fX logf()
tries to ensure that messages from multiple processes to a single log
file are interleaved correctly.
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The
.fX level
argument specifies the class of the message; it is one of
.fX LG_DEBUG ,
.fX LG_INFO ,
or
.fX LG_ERR
(which are in increasing numerical order).
Messages at a level less than the current log level are discarded.
The default log level is
.fX LG_INFO ;
it can be set using
.fX logf_set_level() ,
which also returns the previous log level.
The log levels
.fX LG_ALL
and
.fX LG_LOG
are valid only in calls to
.fX logf_set_level() ;
.fX LG_ALL
means log all messages and
.fX LG_LOG
means log only messages relating to
.fX logf()
itself.
.LP
.fX logf_set_ofile()
sets the output file for
.fX logf()
messages.
If the log file does not exist
.fX logf_set_ofile()
attempts to create it; otherwise it is opened for writing (without
discarding any existing contents).
If the attempt to create or open the file fails,
.fX logf_set_ofile()
gives an error message and returns -1, otherwise it returns zero.
If the
.fX prefix
argument is not
.fX NULL ,
the string specified is prepended to all future log messages.
.fX logf_set_ofile()
makes a copy of the string so it need not be preserved after the call.
.LP
.fX logf_errf_ofunc()
logs the message
.fX str
at level
.fX LG_ERR .
It can be passed as an output function to
.fX errf_set_ofunc()
to arrange that all error messages are sent to a log file.
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.fX ssplit()
splits a string into a vector of words, treating
occurrences in the string of any of the characters in the
.fX delimiters
string as word separators.
.LP
If the delimiters string starts with a NUL character then multiple
adjacent delimiters and leading delimiters generate zero length fields.
Otherwise, leading delimiter characters are skipped and multiple adjacent
delimiters are treated as a single delimiter.
Thus
.Vs
char **words = ssplit(line, " \\t");
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will to a shell-like split of a command line into words, and
.Vs
char **fields = ssplit(pwline, "\\0:");
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would be good for splitting lines from the password file.
.LP
.fX ssplit()
returns a
.fX NULL
terminated vector of words.
The space for this vector and the pointed to words is allocated with
a (single) call to
.fX e_malloc() .
.fX ssplit()
thus never returns
.fX NULL ;
it aborts the program
by calling
.fX panic()
if memory runs out.
.LP
The vector returned by
.fX ssplit()
should be freed when it is finished
with by passing it to
.fX free() .
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int get_host_addr(const char *hostname, struct in_addr *p_addr)
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.fX get_host_addr()
looks up the IP address of
.fX hostname
using
.IR gethostbyaddr (3).
If the lookup succeeds it sets
.fX *p_addr
to the IP address of the host in network byte order.
If the lookup fails it gives an error message with
.fX errf()
and returns -1.
If
.fX hostname
consists of four decimal numbers separated by dots then
.fX get_host_addr
parses this as an IP quad and does not call
.IR gethostbyname .
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int get_service_port(const char *servname, int *p_port)
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.fX get_service_port
looks up the port number of the TCP service
.fX servname
using
.IR getservbyname (3).
If it succeeds it sets
.fX *p_port
to the port number in network byte order.
Otherwise it gives an error message with
.fX errf()
and returns -1.
If
.fX servname
is an \s-2ASCII\s0 decimal number then
.fX get_service_port()
returns that number (again in network byte order).
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ebuf_t *ebuf_create(bool errors_are_fatal);
void ebuf_reset(ebuf_t *eb);
ebuf_t *ebuf_start(ebuf_t *eb, bool errors_are_fatal);
int ebuf_add(ebuf_t *eb, const char *buf, int count);
char *ebuf_get(ebuf_t *eb, int *p_len);
void ebuf_free(ebuf_t *eb);
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These routines implement variable sized contiguous buffers to which data
can be appended at any time.
.fX ebuf_create()
creates a new zero length buffer.
The
.fX errors_are_fatal
parameter controls the handling of errors; if it is
.fX TRUE
then all of the routines will call
.fX panic()
on failure.
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.fX ebuf_add()
appends
.fX count
bytes of memory pointed at by
.fX data
to the buffer
.fX eb
(which must have been created using
.fX ebuf_create() ).
.fX ebuf_add()
returns zero on success.
On failure it panics or returns
.fX -1
(depending on the setting of
.fX errors_are_fatal
in the call of
.fX ebuf_create()).
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.fX ebuf_get()
returns a pointer to the current contents of
.fX eb ;
if the
.fX p_len
parameter is not
.fX NULL
the current length of the buffer in bytes is stored there.
The returned buffer and length are only valid up to the next call of 
.fX ebuf_add() ,
.fX ebuf_reset()
or
.fX ebuf_free().
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.fX ebuf_reset()
frees the data associated with
.fX eb
and resets the length to zero.
Furthur calls of
.fX ebuf_add()
can be used to add fresh data to
.fX eb .
.fX ebuf_free()
frees and destroys
.fX eb .
.LP
.fX ebuf_start()
is a convenience routine which either creates or resets a buffer.
If
.fX eb
is
.fX NULL
it calls
.fX ebuf_create()
with the supplied value of
.fX errors_are_fatal .
If
.fX eb
is not
.fX NULL
then it is passed to
.fX ebuf_reset().
The routine is intended to be used like for static buffers in the following
way:
.Vs
void foo(void)
{
        static ebuf_t *eb = NULL;
        
        eb = ebuf_start(eb, TRUE);
        ...
}
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The first time the function is called the buffer is created; on subsequent
calls it is reset.
.Vs
alloc_pool_t *alloc_create_pool(void)
.sp
void *alloc(alloc_pool_t *ap, int nbytes)
void *alloc_ck(alloc_pool_t *ap, int nbytes)
.Ve
.fX alloc_create_pool()
creates a memory allocation `pool' and
returns a handle referring to it.
.fX alloc()
allocates memory like
.fX malloc(3)
but from the
specified pool rather from the general malloc arena.
.fX alloc()
calls
.fX e_malloc()
to obtain memory in reasonably
large chunks when necessary.
This means that it never returns
.fX NULL ;
the program is aborted
via
.fX panic()
if there is insufficient memory to satisfy the
request.
The alternative interface
.fX alloc_ck()
returns
.fX NULL
if
it runs out of memory; it is otherwise identical to
.fX alloc() .
Memory obtained with
.fX alloc()
cannot be freed individually; only
entire pools can be freed.
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void alloc_free_pool(alloc_pool_t *ap)
void alloc_reset_pool(alloc_pool_t *ap)
.Ve
.fX alloc_free_pool()
frees an alloc pool, releasing all memory
allocated from it with
.fX alloc() .
The pool is no longer valid after this call.
.fX alloc_reset_pool()
conceptually frees all the memory associated with
a pool but does not return it via
.fX free() .
The pool remains valid and subsequent calls to
.fX alloc()
allocate
memory from the existing memory associated with the pool if possible.
.LP
These routines are suitable for applications which make lots of small
allocations for a data structure which is to be freed in one go.
.fX alloc()
is much faster than
.fX malloc()
as it does not do
the bookkeeping to support individual freeing of allocated memory.
It also has no space overhead other than that necessary to correctly
align objects in memory.
.LP
.fX alloc_create_pool()
is a lightweight routine \- it involves a
single call to
.fX malloc()
plus some assignments to initialise the
pool header structure.
It is thus reasonable to use the
.fX alloc()
routines in situations where
there are only going to be a few tens of calls to
.fX alloc() .
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bool alloc_set_default_debug_flag(bool val)
bool alloc_set_debug_flag(alloc_pool_t *ap, bool val)
.Ve
By default all memory obtained with
.fX alloc()
and related routines
is initialised to the repeated byte
.fX 0x53 .
When memory is freed (with
.fX alloc_free_pool() ,
.fX alloc_reset_pool()
or
.fX alloc_release() )
it is set
to the repeated byte
.fX 0x42 .
This is intended to trap erroneous use of uninitialised data and data
that has been freed \- newly allocated memory contains obvious garbage
and freed memory is immediately stamped on.
.LP
Of course these safety features cost speed, so they can be turned off
globally or per-pool.
.fX alloc_set_debug_flag()
sets the debugging flag for a pool; memory
will be initialised to garbage and stamped on when freed only of the flag
is non-zero.
.fX alloc_set_default_debug_flag()
sets the value of the flag used
for pools created from then on with
.fX alloc_create_pool() .
Both routines return the previous value of the flag they set.
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char *allocstr(alloc_pool_t *ap, int nbytes)
char *allocstr_ck(alloc_pool_t *ap, int nbytes)
.Ve
.fX allocstr()
is like
.fX alloc()
except that it assumes that
no alignment is required.
It is thus suitable only for allocating space for strings.
.fX allocstr()
is implemented such that interspersed calls to
.fX alloc()
and
.fX allocstr()
will pack both
the strings and the other objects tightly in memory with no space
wasted on alignment.
.fX allocstr()
never returns
.fX NULL
\- it panics like
.fX alloc()
if there is no memory.
.fX allocstr_ck()
is the same as
.fX allocstr()
except that
it returns
.fX NULL
if there is no memory.
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char *alloc_strdup(alloc_pool_t *ap, const char *s)
.Ve
.fX alloc_strdup()
is a convenience routine that returns a pointer
to a copy of a string allocated using
.fX allocstr() .
Note that it will never return
.fX NULL
as it uses
.fX allocstr()
rather than
.fX allocstr_ck() .
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alloc_mark_t *alloc_mark(alloc_pool_t *ap)
void alloc_release(alloc_pool_t *ap, alloc_mark_t *am)
.Ve
.fX alloc_mark()
returns an opaque handle that `remembers' the
current position in an alloc pool.
A subsequent call to
.fX alloc_release()
conceptually frees all
memory allocated from the pool since the corresponding call of
.fX alloc_mark() .
Subsequent calls to
.fX alloc()
et al will reuse the freed memory.
A call to
.fX alloc_release()
renders invalid any marks that were
returned after the
.fX alloc_mark()
call that returned the mark
being passed to
.fX alloc_release() .
.Vs
const char *ukcprog_version(void)
.Ve
.fX ukcprog_version()
returns a string giving the current version number of the library.
.SH BUGS
This library treads rather freely on the name space.
.SH AUTHORS
.LP
Godfrey Paul (gjap@ukc.ac.uk)
.br
Mark Russell (mtr@ukc.ac.uk)
.sp
Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Revision:	1.1
Committed:	Sat Mar 29 16:30:32 2003 UTC (21 years, 9 months ago) by tdb
Branch:	MAIN
Log Message:	libukcprog is now a seperate package. I doubt this will be much use to anyone other than us, but I see no reason why we can't package it up and distribute it. Obviously we can't attach the GPL to this, as we don't own it.
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22			.TH UKCPROG 3 "February 1991" "UKC Local"
23			.SH NAME
24			ukcprog \- Library of utilities for C programmers
25			.SH SYNOPSIS
26			.nf
27			.LP
28			In source code,
29			.Vs
30			#include <local/ukcprog.h>
31			.Ve
32			and link with
33			.Vs
34			cc ... -lukcprog
35			.Ve
36			.SH AVAILABILITY
37			.LP
38			.\"
39			.\" The following sentence motivated the port to MS-DOG.
40			.\"
41			This is a UKC library, available for the \s-1UNIX\s0 and \s-1VMS\s0
42			operating systems, and for MS-DOS.
43			.\"
44			.\" It was worth it ...
45			.\"
46			The source code is freely available so if you want to make
47			a source release of your application you can include a copy of the
48			source of this library as well.
49			To obtain a copy of the source code contact either of the authors
50			named below.
51			.SH DESCRIPTION
52			.LP
53			The ukcprog library contains generally useful low level routines.
54			The
55			.fX ukcprog.h
56			header file contains prototypes for the
57			routines as well as defining some useful macros and types.
58			.Vs
59			#ifdef __STDC__
60			#define PROTO(a) a
61			typedef void *voidptr;
62			#else
63			#define PROTO(a) ()
64			#define const
65			#define volatile
66			#define signed
67			typedef char *voidptr;
68			#endif
69			.Ve
70			.LP
71			The definitions of
72			.fX const ,
73			.fX volatile
74			and
75			.fX signed
76			allow these ANSI C keywords to be used in code which must be portable
77			to pre-ANSI C compilers.
78			.LP
79			The
80			.fX voidptr
81			typedef is similarly there to help with code for pre-ANSI compilers
82			which do not support the
83			.fX "void *" ' `
84			type.
85			Functions which are documented here as returning
86			.fX "void *" ' `
87			return
88			.fX "char *" ' `
89			when compiling with a non-ANSI C compiler.
90			.LP
91			The
92			.fX PROTO
93			macro is useful for declaring function prototypes
94			for use with ANSI C while still allowing the code to be compiled with
95			K&R compilers.
96			It is used thus:
97			.Vs
98			int myfunc PROTO((int arg1, char *arg2));
99			.Ve
100			With an ANSI C compiler this expands to
101			.Vs
102			int myfunc (int arg1, char *arg2);
103			.Ve
104			whereas a pre-ANSI compiler sees:
105			.Vs
106			int myfunc ();
107			.Ve
108			.LP
109			Note the double brackets; these are necessary to make all the parameters
110			a single argument to the
111			.fX PROTO
112			macro.
113			.Vs
114			#ifndef FALSE
115			#define FALSE 0
116			#endif
117			#ifndef TRUE
118			#define TRUE 1
119			#endif
120			#ifndef bool
121			#define bool int
122			#endif
123			.Ve
124			These define the commonly used
125			.fX TRUE
126			and
127			.fX FALSE
128			macros to their usual values.
129			The definitions are protected in case these are already defined.
130			The
131			.fX bool
132			macro is intended to be used to declared variables
133			that are conceptually boolean.
134			A
135			.fX #define
136			is used rather than a typedef because there might already be a typedef
137			for
138			.fX bool .
139			.Vs
140			#ifdef __STDC__
141			#define CAT(a,b) a ## b
142			#else
143			#define _IDENT(a) a
144			#define CAT(a,b) _IDENT(a)b
145			#endif /* !__STDC__ */
146			.Ve
147			The
148			.fX CAT
149			macro can be used to glue two tokens together in the same way as
150			the ANSI C
151			.fX ##
152			operator.
153			.fX CAT
154			also works with many (but not all) pre-ANSI C preprocessors.
155			.Vs
156			void panic(const char *message)
157			.sp
158			typedef void (panic_handler_t)(const char message);
159			panic_handler_t install_panic_handler(panic_hander_t handler)
160			.Ve
161			By default
162			.fX panic()
163			produces a message on stderr of the form
164			.Vs
165			fatal internal error: \fIsomething\fP (aborting)...
166			.Ve
167			It then calls
168			.fX abort(3)
169			to produce a core dump.
170			Alternative `panic handlers' can be installed using
171			.fX install_panic_handler()
172			which returns the previous handler.
173			Panic handlers can perform tidy-up tasks, such as
174			removing temporary files or calling
175			.fX chdir(2)
176			to arrange for
177			the core to land in a safe place.
178			If a panic handler is called and returns then the default
179			action is carried out.
180			.Vs
181			void *e_malloc(size_t size)
182			void e_realloc(void old, size_t size)
183			char strsave(const char str)
184			.Ve
185			.fX e_malloc()
186			and
187			.fX e_realloc()
188			are error-checking versions
189			of the corresponding routines in the standard C library.
190			They call
191			.fX panic()
192			if the request fails.
193			.fX e_realloc()
194			behaves according to the ANSI specification for
195			.fX realloc() ;
196			that is, if
197			.fX old
198			is NULL it behaves like
199			.fX malloc()
200			and if size is 0, it behaves like
201			.fX free() .
202			.fX strsave()
203			allocates some memory using
204			.fX e_malloc() ,
205			copies
206			.fX str
207			into it, and returns a pointer to the copy.
208			.Vs
209			char fpgetline(FILE fp)
210			.Ve
211			.fX fpgetline()
212			reads characters from the standard IO stream
213			.fX fp
214			until a newline character or EOF is encountered.
215			.fX fpgetline()
216			returns
217			.fX NULL
218			if EOF or an error occurred before any characters were read;
219			otherwise it returns a pointer to the NUL terminated line.
220			.fX fpgetline()
221			never adds a newline to the buffer.
222			The user can check for a missing final newline in a file by checking
223			the EOF flag of the stream pointer when
224			.fX fpgetline()
225			returns a non-NULL pointer.
226			.LP
227			When
228			.fX fpgetline()
229			returns
230			.fX NULL
231			the caller should check with
232			.fX ferror(3)
233			whether the cause was EOF or an error reading the stream
234			.fX fp .
235			.LP
236			.fX fpgetline()
237			returns a pointer to a static buffer that is resized as necessary
238			to handle long lines.
239			The caller can modify the contents of the buffer but must not free
240			it or realloc it.
241			The buffer is valid only until the next call of
242			.fX fpgetline() .
243			.Vs
244			char config_trim_line(char line)
245			.Ve
246			.fX config_trim_line()
247			trims comments and white space in place from a line.
248			First it scans for the first
249			.fX # ' `
250			character in the line.
251			If there is one it is removed along with any following characters.
252			Then leading and trailing whitespace characters (as defined by
253			.IR isspace (3))
254			are removed.
255			.fX config_trim_line()
256			returns a pointer to the trimmed line (which will point into the line
257			that it was given).
258			.LP
259			A typical use of this routine is to skip blank lines and comments from
260			a configuration file.
261			.Vs
262			typedef void (errf_ofunc_t)(const char string);
263			.sp
264			void errf(const char *fmt, ...)
265			char strf(const char fmt, ...)
266			.sp
267			errf_ofunc_t errf_set_ofunc(errf_ofunc_t func)
268			const char errf_set_prefix(const char prefix)
269			const char *errf_get_prefix(void)
270			void_errf_set_progname(const char *progname)
271			const char *errf_get_progname(void)
272			char formf(char buffer, int buffer_size,
273			const char *format, va_list args)
274			void errf_usage(const char *usage)
275			.Ve
276			These routines form the basis of a generalised error handling system.
277			.fX errf()
278			formats an error message, much like
279			.fX printf(3) ,
280			but then passes the formatted text to the `current output function'.
281			The default output function appends a newline to the message and
282			sends it to stderr.
283			An alternative output function can be installed with
284			.fX errf_set_ofunc() ;
285			it returns the old one which can be re-installed as required.
286			The default output function can optionally prefix the message with
287			a fixed string; this can be inserted with
288			.fX errf_set_prefix() .
289			A pointer to the current prefix is returned by
290			.fX errf_get_prefix() .
291			By convention, this prefix is derived from the name of the program.
292			.fX errf_set_progname()
293			is a convenience routine which, when passed
294			.fX argv[0] ,
295			munges it in an operating system specific way to produce the program name
296			and sets the prefix to something that looks `nice'.
297			A pointer to the program name (after munging) can be obtained by
298			.fX errf_get_progname().
299			A usage line can be sent to the current output function by
300			.fX errf_usage() ;
301			it prefixes
302			.Vs
303			Usage: \fIprogname\fP
304			.Ve
305			to its argument, and exits with status 1.
306			.LP
307			.fX strf()
308			formats a string in the same way as
309			.fX errf() ,
310			but returns a pointer to a buffer obtained from
311			.fX malloc(3)
312			that
313			contains the result.
314			.LP
315			.fX formf()
316			is used in the internal implementation of
317			.fX errf()
318			and
319			.fX strf()
320			and
321			.fX logf()
322			(see below) and is not for the faint-hearted.
323			It is made visible because it is useful if you need to implement
324			other
325			.fX errf() "-style"
326			functions.
327			In addition to the normal format conversions,
328			.fX formf()
329			provides
330			.fX %m ' `
331			which inserts an error message
332			corresponding to the current value of
333			.fX errno
334			into the output string.
335			.Vs
336			int logf_set_ofile PROTO((const char filename, const char prefix));
337			void logf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
338			int logf_set_level PROTO((int level));
339			void logf_errf_ofunc PROTO((const char *str));
340			.Ve
341			These routines are an alternative to
342			.I syslog (3)
343			for applications that need to log messages to a specified file.
344			.fX logf()
345			handles the
346			.fX fmt
347			format string and arguments in the same same way as
348			.fX errf() .
349			If there has been no prior call to
350			.fX logf_set_ofile ()
351			(see below) the message is
352			displayed on stderr, prefixed with the current date and time.
353			If the output
354			.I is
355			going to a file,
356			.fX logf()
357			tries to ensure that messages from multiple processes to a single log
358			file are interleaved correctly.
359			.LP
360			The
361			.fX level
362			argument specifies the class of the message; it is one of
363			.fX LG_DEBUG ,
364			.fX LG_INFO ,
365			or
366			.fX LG_ERR
367			(which are in increasing numerical order).
368			Messages at a level less than the current log level are discarded.
369			The default log level is
370			.fX LG_INFO ;
371			it can be set using
372			.fX logf_set_level() ,
373			which also returns the previous log level.
374			The log levels
375			.fX LG_ALL
376			and
377			.fX LG_LOG
378			are valid only in calls to
379			.fX logf_set_level() ;
380			.fX LG_ALL
381			means log all messages and
382			.fX LG_LOG
383			means log only messages relating to
384			.fX logf()
385			itself.
386			.LP
387			.fX logf_set_ofile()
388			sets the output file for
389			.fX logf()
390			messages.
391			If the log file does not exist
392			.fX logf_set_ofile()
393			attempts to create it; otherwise it is opened for writing (without
394			discarding any existing contents).
395			If the attempt to create or open the file fails,
396			.fX logf_set_ofile()
397			gives an error message and returns -1, otherwise it returns zero.
398			If the
399			.fX prefix
400			argument is not
401			.fX NULL ,
402			the string specified is prepended to all future log messages.
403			.fX logf_set_ofile()
404			makes a copy of the string so it need not be preserved after the call.
405			.LP
406			.fX logf_errf_ofunc()
407			logs the message
408			.fX str
409			at level
410			.fX LG_ERR .
411			It can be passed as an output function to
412			.fX errf_set_ofunc()
413			to arrange that all error messages are sent to a log file.
414			.Ve
415			.fX ssplit()
416			splits a string into a vector of words, treating
417			occurrences in the string of any of the characters in the
418			.fX delimiters
419			string as word separators.
420			.LP
421			If the delimiters string starts with a NUL character then multiple
422			adjacent delimiters and leading delimiters generate zero length fields.
423			Otherwise, leading delimiter characters are skipped and multiple adjacent
424			delimiters are treated as a single delimiter.
425			Thus
426			.Vs
427			char **words = ssplit(line, " \\t");
428			.Ve
429			will to a shell-like split of a command line into words, and
430			.Vs
431			char **fields = ssplit(pwline, "\\0:");
432			.Ve
433			would be good for splitting lines from the password file.
434			.LP
435			.fX ssplit()
436			returns a
437			.fX NULL
438			terminated vector of words.
439			The space for this vector and the pointed to words is allocated with
440			a (single) call to
441			.fX e_malloc() .
442			.fX ssplit()
443			thus never returns
444			.fX NULL ;
445			it aborts the program
446			by calling
447			.fX panic()
448			if memory runs out.
449			.LP
450			The vector returned by
451			.fX ssplit()
452			should be freed when it is finished
453			with by passing it to
454			.fX free() .
455			.Vs
456			int get_host_addr(const char hostname, struct in_addr p_addr)
457			.Ve
458			.fX get_host_addr()
459			looks up the IP address of
460			.fX hostname
461			using
462			.IR gethostbyaddr (3).
463			If the lookup succeeds it sets
464			.fX *p_addr
465			to the IP address of the host in network byte order.
466			If the lookup fails it gives an error message with
467			.fX errf()
468			and returns -1.
469			If
470			.fX hostname
471			consists of four decimal numbers separated by dots then
472			.fX get_host_addr
473			parses this as an IP quad and does not call
474			.IR gethostbyname .
475			.Vs
476			int get_service_port(const char servname, int p_port)
477			.Ve
478			.fX get_service_port
479			looks up the port number of the TCP service
480			.fX servname
481			using
482			.IR getservbyname (3).
483			If it succeeds it sets
484			.fX *p_port
485			to the port number in network byte order.
486			Otherwise it gives an error message with
487			.fX errf()
488			and returns -1.
489			If
490			.fX servname
491			is an \s-2ASCII\s0 decimal number then
492			.fX get_service_port()
493			returns that number (again in network byte order).
494			.Vs
495			ebuf_t *ebuf_create(bool errors_are_fatal);
496			void ebuf_reset(ebuf_t *eb);
497			ebuf_t ebuf_start(ebuf_t eb, bool errors_are_fatal);
498			int ebuf_add(ebuf_t eb, const char buf, int count);
499			char ebuf_get(ebuf_t eb, int *p_len);
500			void ebuf_free(ebuf_t *eb);
501			.Ve
502			These routines implement variable sized contiguous buffers to which data
503			can be appended at any time.
504			.fX ebuf_create()
505			creates a new zero length buffer.
506			The
507			.fX errors_are_fatal
508			parameter controls the handling of errors; if it is
509			.fX TRUE
510			then all of the routines will call
511			.fX panic()
512			on failure.
513			.LP
514
515			.fX ebuf_add()
516			appends
517			.fX count
518			bytes of memory pointed at by
519			.fX data
520			to the buffer
521			.fX eb
522			(which must have been created using
523			.fX ebuf_create() ).
524			.fX ebuf_add()
525			returns zero on success.
526			On failure it panics or returns
527			.fX -1
528			(depending on the setting of
529			.fX errors_are_fatal
530			in the call of
531			.fX ebuf_create()).
532			.LP
533			.fX ebuf_get()
534			returns a pointer to the current contents of
535			.fX eb ;
536			if the
537			.fX p_len
538			parameter is not
539			.fX NULL
540			the current length of the buffer in bytes is stored there.
541			The returned buffer and length are only valid up to the next call of
542			.fX ebuf_add() ,
543			.fX ebuf_reset()
544			or
545			.fX ebuf_free().
546			.LP
547			.fX ebuf_reset()
548			frees the data associated with
549			.fX eb
550			and resets the length to zero.
551			Furthur calls of
552			.fX ebuf_add()
553			can be used to add fresh data to
554			.fX eb .
555			.fX ebuf_free()
556			frees and destroys
557			.fX eb .
558			.LP
559			.fX ebuf_start()
560			is a convenience routine which either creates or resets a buffer.
561			If
562			.fX eb
563			is
564			.fX NULL
565			it calls
566			.fX ebuf_create()
567			with the supplied value of
568			.fX errors_are_fatal .
569			If
570			.fX eb
571			is not
572			.fX NULL
573			then it is passed to
574			.fX ebuf_reset().
575			The routine is intended to be used like for static buffers in the following
576			way:
577			.Vs
578			void foo(void)
579			{
580			static ebuf_t *eb = NULL;
581
582			eb = ebuf_start(eb, TRUE);
583			...
584			}
585			.Ve
586			The first time the function is called the buffer is created; on subsequent
587			calls it is reset.
588			.Vs
589			alloc_pool_t *alloc_create_pool(void)
590			.sp
591			void alloc(alloc_pool_t ap, int nbytes)
592			void alloc_ck(alloc_pool_t ap, int nbytes)
593			.Ve
594			.fX alloc_create_pool()
595			creates a memory allocation `pool' and
596			returns a handle referring to it.
597			.fX alloc()
598			allocates memory like
599			.fX malloc(3)
600			but from the
601			specified pool rather from the general malloc arena.
602			.fX alloc()
603			calls
604			.fX e_malloc()
605			to obtain memory in reasonably
606			large chunks when necessary.
607			This means that it never returns
608			.fX NULL ;
609			the program is aborted
610			via
611			.fX panic()
612			if there is insufficient memory to satisfy the
613			request.
614			The alternative interface
615			.fX alloc_ck()
616			returns
617			.fX NULL
618			if
619			it runs out of memory; it is otherwise identical to
620			.fX alloc() .
621			Memory obtained with
622			.fX alloc()
623			cannot be freed individually; only
624			entire pools can be freed.
625			.Vs
626			void alloc_free_pool(alloc_pool_t *ap)
627			void alloc_reset_pool(alloc_pool_t *ap)
628			.Ve
629			.fX alloc_free_pool()
630			frees an alloc pool, releasing all memory
631			allocated from it with
632			.fX alloc() .
633			The pool is no longer valid after this call.
634			.fX alloc_reset_pool()
635			conceptually frees all the memory associated with
636			a pool but does not return it via
637			.fX free() .
638			The pool remains valid and subsequent calls to
639			.fX alloc()
640			allocate
641			memory from the existing memory associated with the pool if possible.
642			.LP
643			These routines are suitable for applications which make lots of small
644			allocations for a data structure which is to be freed in one go.
645			.fX alloc()
646			is much faster than
647			.fX malloc()
648			as it does not do
649			the bookkeeping to support individual freeing of allocated memory.
650			It also has no space overhead other than that necessary to correctly
651			align objects in memory.
652			.LP
653			.fX alloc_create_pool()
654			is a lightweight routine \- it involves a
655			single call to
656			.fX malloc()
657			plus some assignments to initialise the
658			pool header structure.
659			It is thus reasonable to use the
660			.fX alloc()
661			routines in situations where
662			there are only going to be a few tens of calls to
663			.fX alloc() .
664			.Vs
665			bool alloc_set_default_debug_flag(bool val)
666			bool alloc_set_debug_flag(alloc_pool_t *ap, bool val)
667			.Ve
668			By default all memory obtained with
669			.fX alloc()
670			and related routines
671			is initialised to the repeated byte
672			.fX 0x53 .
673			When memory is freed (with
674			.fX alloc_free_pool() ,
675			.fX alloc_reset_pool()
676			or
677			.fX alloc_release() )
678			it is set
679			to the repeated byte
680			.fX 0x42 .
681			This is intended to trap erroneous use of uninitialised data and data
682			that has been freed \- newly allocated memory contains obvious garbage
683			and freed memory is immediately stamped on.
684			.LP
685			Of course these safety features cost speed, so they can be turned off
686			globally or per-pool.
687			.fX alloc_set_debug_flag()
688			sets the debugging flag for a pool; memory
689			will be initialised to garbage and stamped on when freed only of the flag
690			is non-zero.
691			.fX alloc_set_default_debug_flag()
692			sets the value of the flag used
693			for pools created from then on with
694			.fX alloc_create_pool() .
695			Both routines return the previous value of the flag they set.
696			.Vs
697			char allocstr(alloc_pool_t ap, int nbytes)
698			char allocstr_ck(alloc_pool_t ap, int nbytes)
699			.Ve
700			.fX allocstr()
701			is like
702			.fX alloc()
703			except that it assumes that
704			no alignment is required.
705			It is thus suitable only for allocating space for strings.
706			.fX allocstr()
707			is implemented such that interspersed calls to
708			.fX alloc()
709			and
710			.fX allocstr()
711			will pack both
712			the strings and the other objects tightly in memory with no space
713			wasted on alignment.
714			.fX allocstr()
715			never returns
716			.fX NULL
717			\- it panics like
718			.fX alloc()
719			if there is no memory.
720			.fX allocstr_ck()
721			is the same as
722			.fX allocstr()
723			except that
724			it returns
725			.fX NULL
726			if there is no memory.
727			.Vs
728			char alloc_strdup(alloc_pool_t ap, const char *s)
729			.Ve
730			.fX alloc_strdup()
731			is a convenience routine that returns a pointer
732			to a copy of a string allocated using
733			.fX allocstr() .
734			Note that it will never return
735			.fX NULL
736			as it uses
737			.fX allocstr()
738			rather than
739			.fX allocstr_ck() .
740			.Vs
741			alloc_mark_t alloc_mark(alloc_pool_t ap)
742			void alloc_release(alloc_pool_t ap, alloc_mark_t am)
743			.Ve
744			.fX alloc_mark()
745			returns an opaque handle that `remembers' the
746			current position in an alloc pool.
747			A subsequent call to
748			.fX alloc_release()
749			conceptually frees all
750			memory allocated from the pool since the corresponding call of
751			.fX alloc_mark() .
752			Subsequent calls to
753			.fX alloc()
754			et al will reuse the freed memory.
755			A call to
756			.fX alloc_release()
757			renders invalid any marks that were
758			returned after the
759			.fX alloc_mark()
760			call that returned the mark
761			being passed to
762			.fX alloc_release() .
763			.Vs
764			const char *ukcprog_version(void)
765			.Ve
766			.fX ukcprog_version()
767			returns a string giving the current version number of the library.
768			.SH BUGS
769			This library treads rather freely on the name space.
770			.SH AUTHORS
771			.LP
772			Godfrey Paul (gjap@ukc.ac.uk)
773			.br
774			Mark Russell (mtr@ukc.ac.uk)
775			.sp
776			Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury.