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diff --git a/src/basic/escape.c b/src/basic/escape.c
index f276c36c56..d59aa9f42f 100644
--- a/src/basic/escape.c
+++ b/src/basic/escape.c
@@ -415,6 +415,34 @@ char *xescape(const char *s, const char *bad) {
return r;
}
+char *octescape(const char *s, size_t len) {
+ char *r, *t;
+ const char *f;
+
+ /* Escapes all chars in bad, in addition to \ and " chars,
+ * in \nnn style escaping. */
+
+ r = new(char, len * 4 + 1);
+ if (!r)
+ return NULL;
+
+ for (f = s, t = r; f < s + len; f++) {
+
+ if (*f < ' ' || *f >= 127 || *f == '\\' || *f == '"') {
+ *(t++) = '\\';
+ *(t++) = '0' + (*f >> 6);
+ *(t++) = '0' + ((*f >> 3) & 8);
+ *(t++) = '0' + (*f & 8);
+ } else
+ *(t++) = *f;
+ }
+
+ *t = 0;
+
+ return r;
+
+}
+
static char *strcpy_backslash_escaped(char *t, const char *s, const char *bad) {
assert(bad);