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+// $Id: filecfg-readentrystr.c,v 1.1 2004/07/02 23:34:52 ensc Exp $ --*- c -*--
+
+// Copyright (C) 2004 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.
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "filecfg.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+char *
+FileCfg_readEntryStr (PathInfo const *base, char const *file,
+ bool allow_multiline, char const *dflt)
+{
+ PathInfo filepath = { .d = file, .l = strlen(file) };
+ PathInfo path = *base;
+ char path_buf[ENSC_PI_APPSZ(path, filepath)];
+ int fd = -1;
+ off_t sz;
+ char * res = 0;
+
+ PathInfo_append(&path, &filepath, path_buf);
+ fd = open(path.d, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd==-1) goto err;
+
+ sz = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+ if (sz==-1 ||
+ lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET)==-1) goto err;
+
+
+ if (sz>0 && sz<FILECFG_MAX_FILESIZE) {
+ char buf[sz+1];
+
+ if (read(fd, buf, sz+1)!=sz) goto err;
+
+ if (!allow_multiline) {
+ char * pos;
+
+ buf[sz] = '\0';
+ pos = strchr(buf, '\n');
+ if (pos) *pos = '\0';
+ }
+ else {
+ while (sz>0 && buf[sz-1]=='\n') --sz;
+ buf[sz] = '\0';
+ }
+
+ res = strdup(buf);
+ }
+
+ err:
+ if (res==0 && dflt)
+ res = strdup(dflt);
+
+ if (fd!=-1) close(fd);
+ return res;
+}