awesome/common/util.c

/*
 * util.c - useful functions
 *
 * Copyright © 2007-2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
 * Copyright © 2006 Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
 *
 * This program 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.
 *
 * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 */

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include "common/util.h"
#include "common/tokenize.h"

/** Print error and exit with EXIT_FAILURE code.
 */
void
_fatal(int line, const char *fct, const char *fmt, ...)
{
    va_list ap;

    va_start(ap, fmt);
    fprintf(stderr, "E: awesome: %s:%d: ", fct, line);
    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

/** Print error message on stderr.
 */
void
_warn(int line, const char *fct, const char *fmt, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, fmt);
    fprintf(stderr, "W: awesome: %s:%d: ", fct, line);
    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
}

/** Get a position type from a string.
 * \param pos The position.
 * \param len The string length, -1 if unknown.
 * \return A position.
 */
position_t
position_fromstr(const char *pos, ssize_t len)
{
    switch(a_tokenize(pos, len))
    {
      default:
        return Top;
      case A_TK_BOTTOM:
        return Bottom;
      case A_TK_RIGHT:
        return Right;
      case A_TK_LEFT:
        return Left;
    }
}

/** Convert a position type to a string.
 * \param p The position.
 * \return A position string.
 */
const char *
position_tostr(position_t p)
{
    switch(p)
    {
      case Top:      return "top";
      case Bottom:   return "bottom";
      case Right:    return "right";
      case Left:     return "left";
      default:       return NULL;
    }
}

/** Get a orientation type from a string.
 * \param pos The orientation.
 * \param len The string length, -1 if unknown.
 * \return A orientation.
 */
orientation_t
orientation_fromstr(const char *pos, ssize_t len)
{
    switch(a_tokenize(pos, len))
    {
      default:
        return North;
      case A_TK_SOUTH:
        return South;
      case A_TK_EAST:
        return East;
    }
}

/** Convert a orientation type to a string.
 * \param p The orientation.
 * \return A orientation string.
 */
const char *
orientation_tostr(orientation_t p)
{
    switch(p)
    {
      case North: return "north";
      case South: return "south";
      case East:  return "east";
      default:    return NULL;
    }
}

/** \brief safe limited strcpy.
 *
 * Copies at most min(<tt>n-1</tt>, \c l) characters from \c src into \c dst,
 * always adding a final \c \\0 in \c dst.
 *
 * \param[in]  dst      destination buffer.
 * \param[in]  n        size of the buffer. Negative sizes are allowed.
 * \param[in]  src      source string.
 * \param[in]  l        maximum number of chars to copy.
 *
 * \return minimum of  \c src \e length and \c l.
*/
ssize_t
a_strncpy(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src, ssize_t l)
{
    ssize_t len = MIN(a_strlen(src), l);

    if (n > 0)
    {
        ssize_t dlen = MIN(n - 1, len);
        memcpy(dst, src, dlen);
        dst[dlen] = '\0';
    }

    return len;
}

/** \brief safe strcpy.
 *
 * Copies at most <tt>n-1</tt> characters from \c src into \c dst, always
 * adding a final \c \\0 in \c dst.
 *
 * \param[in]  dst      destination buffer.
 * \param[in]  n        size of the buffer. Negative sizes are allowed.
 * \param[in]  src      source string.
 * \return \c src \e length. If this value is \>= \c n then the copy was
 *         truncated.
 */
ssize_t
a_strcpy(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src)
{
    ssize_t len = a_strlen(src);

    if (n > 0)
    {
        ssize_t dlen = MIN(n - 1, len);
        memcpy(dst, src, dlen);
        dst[dlen] = '\0';
    }

    return len;
}

/** Execute a command and replace the current process.
 * \param cmd The command to execute.
 */
void
a_exec(const char *cmd)
{
    static const char *shell = NULL;

    if(!shell && !(shell = getenv("SHELL")))
        shell = "/bin/sh";

    execl(shell, shell, "-c", cmd, NULL);
}

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