diff --git a/src/daemon/utils_subst.c b/src/daemon/utils_subst.c
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-/**
- * collectd - src/utils_subst.c
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Sebastian Harl
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
- * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- *
- * Authors:
- * Sebastian "tokkee" Harl <sh at tokkee.org>
- **/
-
-/*
- * This module provides functions for string substitution.
- */
-
-#include "collectd.h"
-#include "common.h"
-
-char *subst (char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *string, int off1, int off2,
- const char *replacement)
-{
- char *buf_ptr = buf;
- size_t len = buflen;
-
- if ((NULL == buf) || (0 >= buflen) || (NULL == string)
- || (0 > off1) || (0 > off2) || (off1 > off2)
- || (NULL == replacement))
- return NULL;
-
- sstrncpy (buf_ptr, string,
- ((size_t)off1 + 1 > buflen) ? buflen : (size_t)off1 + 1);
- buf_ptr += off1;
- len -= off1;
-
- if (0 >= len)
- return buf;
-
- sstrncpy (buf_ptr, replacement, len);
- buf_ptr += strlen (replacement);
- len -= strlen (replacement);
-
- if (0 >= len)
- return buf;
-
- sstrncpy (buf_ptr, string + off2, len);
- return buf;
-} /* subst */
-
-char *asubst (const char *string, int off1, int off2, const char *replacement)
-{
- char *buf;
- int len;
-
- char *ret;
-
- if ((NULL == string) || (0 > off1) || (0 > off2) || (off1 > off2)
- || (NULL ==replacement))
- return NULL;
-
- len = off1 + strlen (replacement) + strlen (string) - off2 + 1;
-
- buf = (char *)malloc (len);
- if (NULL == buf)
- return NULL;
-
- ret = subst (buf, len, string, off1, off2, replacement);
- if (NULL == ret)
- free (buf);
- return ret;
-} /* asubst */
-
-char *subst_string (char *buf, size_t buflen, const char *string,
- const char *needle, const char *replacement)
-{
- char *temp;
- size_t needle_len;
- size_t i;
-
- if ((buf == NULL) || (string == NULL)
- || (needle == NULL) || (replacement == NULL))
- return (NULL);
-
- temp = (char *) malloc (buflen);
- if (temp == NULL)
- {
- ERROR ("subst_string: malloc failed.");
- return (NULL);
- }
-
- needle_len = strlen (needle);
- strncpy (buf, string, buflen);
-
- /* Limit the loop to prevent endless loops. */
- for (i = 0; i < buflen; i++)
- {
- char *begin_ptr;
- size_t begin;
-
- /* Find `needle' in `buf'. */
- begin_ptr = strstr (buf, needle);
- if (begin_ptr == NULL)
- break;
-
- /* Calculate the start offset. */
- begin = begin_ptr - buf;
-
- /* Substitute the region using `subst'. The result is stored in
- * `temp'. */
- begin_ptr = subst (temp, buflen, buf,
- begin, begin + needle_len,
- replacement);
- if (begin_ptr == NULL)
- {
- WARNING ("subst_string: subst failed.");
- break;
- }
-
- /* Copy the new string in `temp' to `buf' for the next round. */
- strncpy (buf, temp, buflen);
- }
-
- if (i >= buflen)
- {
- WARNING ("subst_string: Loop exited after %zu iterations: "
- "string = %s; needle = %s; replacement = %s;",
- i, string, needle, replacement);
- }
-
- sfree (temp);
- return (buf);
-} /* char *subst_string */
-
-/* vim: set sw=4 ts=4 tw=78 noexpandtab : */
-