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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 4c30a98318..e2c955bc07 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -140,26 +140,38 @@ char* endswith(const char *s, const char *postfix) {
return (char*) s + sl - pl;
}
-bool first_word(const char *s, const char *word) {
+char* first_word(const char *s, const char *word) {
size_t sl, wl;
+ const char *p;
assert(s);
assert(word);
+ /* Checks if the string starts with the specified word, either
+ * followed by NUL or by whitespace. Returns a pointer to the
+ * NUL or the first character after the whitespace. */
+
sl = strlen(s);
wl = strlen(word);
if (sl < wl)
- return false;
+ return NULL;
if (wl == 0)
- return true;
+ return (char*) s;
if (memcmp(s, word, wl) != 0)
- return false;
+ return NULL;
+
+ p = s + wl;
+ if (*p == 0)
+ return (char*) p;
+
+ if (!strchr(WHITESPACE, *p))
+ return NULL;
- return s[wl] == 0 ||
- strchr(WHITESPACE, s[wl]);
+ p += strspn(p, WHITESPACE);
+ return (char*) p;
}
int close_nointr(int fd) {