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[PATCH 2/4] quote: add "sq_dequote_to_argv" to put unwrapped args in an argv array

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Mar 29, 2009, 09:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20090329114452.b19a2f60.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

This new function unwraps the space separated shell quoted elements in its first argument and put a copy of them in the argv array passed as its second argument.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 quote.c |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 quote.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index 8cf0ef4..5b12a4a 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ char *sq_dequote(char *arg)
 	return sq_dequote_many(arg, NULL);
 }
 
+int sq_dequote_to_argv(char *arg, const char ***argv, int *nr, int *alloc)
+{
+	char *next = arg;
+
+	if (!*arg)
+		return 0;
+	do {
+		char *dequoted = sq_dequote_many(next, &next);
+		if (!dequoted)
+			return 1;
+		ALLOC_GROW(*argv, *nr + 1, *alloc);
+		(*argv)[(*nr)++] = xstrdup(dequoted);
+	} while (next);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* 1 means: quote as octal
  * 0 means: quote as octal if (quote_path_fully)
  * -1 means: never quote
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index c2f98e7..bbd0f09 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ extern char *sq_dequote(char *);
  */
 extern char *sq_dequote_many(char *arg, char **next);
 
+extern int sq_dequote_to_argv(char *arg, const char ***argv, int *nr, int *alloc);
+
 extern int unquote_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *quoted, const char **endp);
 extern size_t quote_c_style(const char *name, struct strbuf *, FILE *, int no_dq);
 extern void quote_two_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *, const char *, int);
-- 
1.6.2.1.404.gb0085.dirty
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  1. 2/4 quote: add "sq_dequote_to_argv" to put unwrapped args in an argv arrayChristian Couder, Mar 29, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  3. Christian CouderMar 31, 2009

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