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+// $Id: utils-legacy.h,v 1.1 2003/10/16 14:02:54 ensc Exp $ --*- c++ -*--
+
+// Copyright (C) 2003 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+#ifndef H_UTIL_VSERVER_LIB_UTILS_COMPAT_H
+#define H_UTIL_VSERVER_LIB_UTILS_COMPAT_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+ // read /proc/<pid>/status into 'buf' which has the size bufsize. When 'str'
+ // is non-null, search this string and return a pointer *after* it. When no
+ // such string could be found, return 0. When 'str' is null return 'buf'.
+ //
+ // When this function fails (result==0) and errno is EAGAIN, the buffersize
+ // was too small and this function should be called again with a larger
+ // buffer.
+char * utilvserver_getProcEntry(pid_t pid, char *str,
+ char *buf, size_t bufsize);
+
+ // Returns the suggested buffersize for reading a /proc/.../status
+ // file. Return-value can change when utilvserver_getProcEntry() was called.
+size_t utilvserver_getProcEntryBufsize();
+
+#endif // H_UTIL_VSERVER_LIB_UTILS_COMPAT_H