Remove crufty old CVS $Id$ markers.

[tripe] / common / util.h

/* -*-c-*-
 *
 * Utilities for the client and the server
 *
 * (c) 2001 Straylight/Edgeware
 */

/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
 *
 * This file is part of Trivial IP Encryption (TrIPE).
 *
 * TrIPE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * TrIPE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with TrIPE; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */

#ifndef UTIL_H
#define UTIL_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
  extern "C" {
#endif

/*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/

/* --- @u_quotify@ --- *
 *
 * Arguments:	@dstr *d@ = where to write the answer
 *		@const char *p@ = string to quotify
 *
 * Returns:	---
 *
 * Use:		Quotes the given string if necessary, according to our
 *		quoting rules.
 */

extern void u_quotify(dstr */*d*/, const char */*p*/);

/* --- @u_detach@ --- *
 *
 * Arguments:	---
 *
 * Returns:	---
 *
 * Use:		Detaches from the current terminal and ensures it can never
 *		acquire a new one.  Calls @fork@.
 */

extern void u_detach(void);

/* --- @u_daemon@ --- *
 *
 * Arguments:	---
 *
 * Returns:	Zero if OK, nonzero on failure.
 *
 * Use:		Becomes a daemon.
 */

extern int u_daemon(void);

/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
  }
#endif

#endif