}
}
+static void
+consume_whitespace (const char **input)
+{
+ while (ISSPACE (**input))
+ {
+ (*input)++;
+ }
+}
+
+static int
+only_whitespace (const char* input)
+{
+ while (*input != EOS && ISSPACE (*input))
+ input++;
+
+ return (*input == EOS);
+}
+
/*
@deftypefn Extension char** buildargv (char *@var{sp})
do
{
/* Pick off argv[argc] */
- while (ISBLANK (*input))
- {
- input++;
- }
+ consume_whitespace (&input);
+
if ((maxargc == 0) || (argc >= (maxargc - 1)))
{
/* argv needs initialization, or expansion */
argc++;
argv[argc] = NULL;
- while (ISSPACE (*input))
- {
- input++;
- }
+ consume_whitespace (&input);
}
while (*input != EOS);
}
/*
-@deftypefn Extension int writeargv (const char **@var{argv}, FILE *@{file})
+@deftypefn Extension int writeargv (const char **@var{argv}, FILE *@var{file})
Write each member of ARGV, handling all necessary quoting, to the file
named by FILE, separated by whitespace. Return 0 on success, non-zero
while (*argv != NULL)
{
- int ret;
const char *arg = *argv;
while (*arg != EOS)
goto error;
/* Add a NUL terminator. */
buffer[len] = '\0';
- /* Parse the string. */
- file_argv = buildargv (buffer);
+ /* If the file is empty or contains only whitespace, buildargv would
+ return a single empty argument. In this context we want no arguments,
+ instead. */
+ if (only_whitespace (buffer))
+ {
+ file_argv = (char **) xmalloc (sizeof (char *));
+ file_argv[0] = NULL;
+ }
+ else
+ /* Parse the string. */
+ file_argv = buildargv (buffer);
/* If *ARGVP is not already dynamically allocated, copy it. */
if (!argv_dynamic)
{
}
/* Count the number of arguments. */
file_argc = 0;
- while (file_argv[file_argc] && *file_argv[file_argc])
+ while (file_argv[file_argc])
++file_argc;
/* Now, insert FILE_ARGV into ARGV. The "+1" below handles the
NULL terminator at the end of ARGV. */