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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index da75667c80..3a80f264ca 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,8 @@ char *cescape(const char *s) {
assert(s);
- /* Does C style string escaping. */
+ /* Does C style string escaping. May be be reversed with
+ * cunescape(). */
r = new(char, strlen(s)*4 + 1);
if (!r)
@@ -1542,7 +1543,7 @@ char *xescape(const char *s, const char *bad) {
/* Escapes all chars in bad, in addition to \ and all special
* chars, in \xFF style escaping. May be reversed with
- * cunescape. */
+ * cunescape(). */
r = new(char, strlen(s) * 4 + 1);
if (!r)
@@ -8035,3 +8036,43 @@ int rename_noreplace(int olddirfd, const char *oldpath, int newdirfd, const char
return 0;
}
+
+char *shell_maybe_quote(const char *s) {
+ const char *p;
+ char *r, *t;
+
+ assert(s);
+
+ /* Encloses a string in double quotes if necessary to make it
+ * OK as shell string. */
+
+ for (p = s; *p; p++)
+ if (*p <= ' ' ||
+ *p >= 127 ||
+ strchr(SHELL_NEED_QUOTES, *p))
+ break;
+
+ if (!*p)
+ return strdup(s);
+
+ r = new(char, 1+strlen(s)*2+1+1);
+ if (!r)
+ return NULL;
+
+ t = r;
+ *(t++) = '"';
+ t = mempcpy(t, s, p - s);
+
+ for (; *p; p++) {
+
+ if (strchr(SHELL_NEED_ESCAPE, *p))
+ *(t++) = '\\';
+
+ *(t++) = *p;
+ }
+
+ *(t++)= '"';
+ *t = 0;
+
+ return r;
+}