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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/string_helpers.c | 77 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c index 3a90a9e2b94a..963050c0283e 100644 --- a/lib/string_helpers.c +++ b/lib/string_helpers.c @@ -231,35 +231,36 @@ static bool unescape_special(char **src, char **dst) * @src: source buffer (escaped) * @dst: destination buffer (unescaped) * @size: size of the destination buffer (0 to unlimit) - * @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR): - * %UNESCAPE_SPACE: + * @flags: combination of the flags. + * + * Description: + * The function unquotes characters in the given string. + * + * Because the size of the output will be the same as or less than the size of + * the input, the transformation may be performed in place. + * + * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that + * destination buffer will always be NULL-terminated. Source string must be + * NULL-terminated as well. The supported flags are:: + * + * UNESCAPE_SPACE: * '\f' - form feed * '\n' - new line * '\r' - carriage return * '\t' - horizontal tab * '\v' - vertical tab - * %UNESCAPE_OCTAL: + * UNESCAPE_OCTAL: * '\NNN' - byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) - * %UNESCAPE_HEX: + * UNESCAPE_HEX: * '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits) - * %UNESCAPE_SPECIAL: + * UNESCAPE_SPECIAL: * '\"' - double quote * '\\' - backslash * '\a' - alert (BEL) * '\e' - escape - * %UNESCAPE_ANY: + * UNESCAPE_ANY: * all previous together * - * Description: - * The function unquotes characters in the given string. - * - * Because the size of the output will be the same as or less than the size of - * the input, the transformation may be performed in place. - * - * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that - * destination buffer will always be NULL-terminated. Source string must be - * NULL-terminated as well. - * * Return: * The amount of the characters processed to the destination buffer excluding * trailing '\0' is returned. @@ -441,7 +442,29 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end) * @isz: source buffer size * @dst: destination buffer (escaped) * @osz: destination buffer size - * @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR): + * @flags: combination of the flags + * @only: NULL-terminated string containing characters used to limit + * the selected escape class. If characters are included in @only + * that would not normally be escaped by the classes selected + * in @flags, they will be copied to @dst unescaped. + * + * Description: + * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied + * in the following sequence. + * + * 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in + * case of match it passes through to the output. + * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus + * must go as-is to the output. + * 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags. + * %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any + * character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise + * %ESCAPE_HEX will be ignored. + * + * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that + * destination buffer will not be NULL-terminated, thus caller have to append + * it if needs. The supported flags are:: + * * %ESCAPE_SPACE: (special white space, not space itself) * '\f' - form feed * '\n' - new line @@ -464,26 +487,6 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end) * all previous together * %ESCAPE_HEX: * '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (2 digits) - * @only: NULL-terminated string containing characters used to limit - * the selected escape class. If characters are included in @only - * that would not normally be escaped by the classes selected - * in @flags, they will be copied to @dst unescaped. - * - * Description: - * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied - * in the following sequence. - * 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in - * case of match it passes through to the output. - * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus - * must go as-is to the output. - * 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags. - * %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any - * character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise - * %ESCAPE_HEX will be ignored. - * - * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that - * destination buffer will not be NULL-terminated, thus caller have to append - * it if needs. * * Return: * The total size of the escaped output that would be generated for |