+
+int parse_boolean(const char *v) {
+ assert(v);
+
+ if (!strcmp(v, "1") || v[0] == 'y' || v[0] == 'Y' || v[0] == 't' || v[0] == 'T' || !strcasecmp(v, "on"))
+ return 1;
+ else if (!strcmp(v, "0") || v[0] == 'n' || v[0] == 'N' || v[0] == 'f' || v[0] == 'F' || !strcasecmp(v, "off"))
+ return 0;
+
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+int safe_atou(const char *s, unsigned *ret_u) {
+ char *x = NULL;
+ unsigned l;
+
+ assert(s);
+ assert(ret_u);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ l = strtoul(s, &x, 0);
+
+ if (!x || *x || errno)
+ return errno ? -errno : -EINVAL;
+
+ if ((unsigned) l != l)
+ return -ERANGE;
+
+ *ret_u = (unsigned) l;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int safe_atoi(const char *s, int *ret_i) {
+ char *x = NULL;
+ int l;
+
+ assert(s);
+ assert(ret_i);
+
+ errno = 0;
+ l = strtol(s, &x, 0);
+
+ if (!x || *x || errno)
+ return errno ? -errno : -EINVAL;
+
+ if ((int) l != l)
+ return -ERANGE;
+
+ *ret_i = (unsigned) l;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* What is interpreted as whitespace? */
+#define WHITESPACE " \t\n"
+
+/* Split a string into words. */
+char *split_spaces(const char *c, size_t *l, char **state) {
+ char *current;
+
+ current = *state ? *state : (char*) c;
+
+ if (!*current || *c == 0)
+ return NULL;
+
+ current += strspn(current, WHITESPACE);
+ *l = strcspn(current, WHITESPACE);
+ *state = current+*l;
+
+ return (char*) current;
+}