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1 /* quotearg.h - quote arguments for output
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19 /* Written by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> */
21 #ifndef QUOTEARG_H_
22 # define QUOTEARG_H_ 1
24 # include <stddef.h>
26 /* Basic quoting styles. For each style, an example is given on the
27 input strings "simple", "\0 \t\n'\"\033?""?/\\", and "a:b", using
28 quotearg_buffer, quotearg_mem, and quotearg_colon_mem with that
29 style and the default flags and quoted characters. Note that the
30 examples are shown here as valid C strings rather than what
31 displays on a terminal (with "??/" as a trigraph for "\\"). */
32 enum quoting_style
34 /* Output names as-is (ls --quoting-style=literal). Can result in
35 embedded null bytes if QA_ELIDE_NULL_BYTES is not in
36 effect.
38 quotearg_buffer:
39 "simple", "\0 \t\n'\"\033??/\\", "a:b"
40 quotearg:
41 "simple", " \t\n'\"\033??/\\", "a:b"
42 quotearg_colon:
43 "simple", " \t\n'\"\033??/\\", "a:b"
45 literal_quoting_style,
47 /* Quote names for the shell if they contain shell metacharacters
48 or would cause ambiguous output (ls --quoting-style=shell).
49 Can result in embedded null bytes if QA_ELIDE_NULL_BYTES is not
50 in effect.
52 quotearg_buffer:
53 "simple", "'\0 \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "a:b"
54 quotearg:
55 "simple", "' \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "a:b"
56 quotearg_colon:
57 "simple", "' \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "'a:b'"
59 shell_quoting_style,
61 /* Quote names for the shell, even if they would normally not
62 require quoting (ls --quoting-style=shell-always). Can result
63 in embedded null bytes if QA_ELIDE_NULL_BYTES is not in effect.
64 Behaves like shell_quoting_style if QA_ELIDE_OUTER_QUOTES is in
65 effect.
67 quotearg_buffer:
68 "'simple'", "'\0 \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "'a:b'"
69 quotearg:
70 "'simple'", "' \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "'a:b'"
71 quotearg_colon:
72 "'simple'", "' \t\n'\\''\"\033??/\\'", "'a:b'"
74 shell_always_quoting_style,
76 /* Quote names for the shell if they contain shell metacharacters
77 or other problematic characters (ls --quoting-style=shell-escape).
78 Non printable characters are quoted using the $'...' syntax,
79 which originated in ksh93 and is widely supported by most shells,
80 and proposed for inclusion in POSIX.
82 quotearg_buffer:
83 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\\'", "a:b"
84 quotearg:
85 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\\'", "a:b"
86 quotearg_colon:
87 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\\'", "'a:b'"
89 shell_escape_quoting_style,
91 /* Quote names for the shell even if they would normally not
92 require quoting (ls --quoting-style=shell-escape).
93 Non printable characters are quoted using the $'...' syntax,
94 which originated in ksh93 and is widely supported by most shells,
95 and proposed for inclusion in POSIX. Behaves like
96 shell_escape_quoting_style if QA_ELIDE_OUTER_QUOTES is in effect.
98 quotearg_buffer:
99 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\'", "a:b"
100 quotearg:
101 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\'", "a:b"
102 quotearg_colon:
103 "simple", "''$'\\0'' '$'\\t\\n'\\''\"'$'\\033''??/\'", "'a:b'"
105 shell_escape_always_quoting_style,
107 /* Quote names as for a C language string (ls --quoting-style=c).
108 Behaves like c_maybe_quoting_style if QA_ELIDE_OUTER_QUOTES is
109 in effect. Split into consecutive strings if
110 QA_SPLIT_TRIGRAPHS.
112 quotearg_buffer:
113 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a:b\""
114 quotearg:
115 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a:b\""
116 quotearg_colon:
117 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a\\:b\""
119 c_quoting_style,
121 /* Like c_quoting_style except omit the surrounding double-quote
122 characters if no quoted characters are encountered.
124 quotearg_buffer:
125 "simple", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "a:b"
126 quotearg:
127 "simple", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "a:b"
128 quotearg_colon:
129 "simple", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a:b\""
131 c_maybe_quoting_style,
133 /* Like c_quoting_style except always omit the surrounding
134 double-quote characters and ignore QA_SPLIT_TRIGRAPHS
135 (ls --quoting-style=escape).
137 quotearg_buffer:
138 "simple", "\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\", "a:b"
139 quotearg:
140 "simple", "\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\", "a:b"
141 quotearg_colon:
142 "simple", "\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\", "a\\:b"
144 escape_quoting_style,
146 /* Like clocale_quoting_style, but use single quotes in the
147 default C locale or if the program does not use gettext
148 (ls --quoting-style=locale). For UTF-8 locales, quote
149 characters will use Unicode.
151 LC_MESSAGES=C
152 quotearg_buffer:
153 "`simple'", "`\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "`a:b'"
154 quotearg:
155 "`simple'", "`\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "`a:b'"
156 quotearg_colon:
157 "`simple'", "`\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "`a\\:b'"
159 LC_MESSAGES=pt_PT.utf8
160 quotearg_buffer:
161 "\302\253simple\302\273",
162 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a:b\302\273"
163 quotearg:
164 "\302\253simple\302\273",
165 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a:b\302\273"
166 quotearg_colon:
167 "\302\253simple\302\273",
168 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a\\:b\302\273"
170 locale_quoting_style,
172 /* Like c_quoting_style except use quotation marks appropriate for
173 the locale and ignore QA_SPLIT_TRIGRAPHS
174 (ls --quoting-style=clocale).
176 LC_MESSAGES=C
177 quotearg_buffer:
178 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a:b\""
179 quotearg:
180 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a:b\""
181 quotearg_colon:
182 "\"simple\"", "\"\\0 \\t\\n'\\\"\\033??/\\\\\"", "\"a\\:b\""
184 LC_MESSAGES=pt_PT.utf8
185 quotearg_buffer:
186 "\302\253simple\302\273",
187 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a:b\302\273"
188 quotearg:
189 "\302\253simple\302\273",
190 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a:b\302\273"
191 quotearg_colon:
192 "\302\253simple\302\273",
193 "\302\253\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\\302\253", "\302\253a\\:b\302\273"
195 clocale_quoting_style,
197 /* Like clocale_quoting_style except use the custom quotation marks
198 set by set_custom_quoting. If custom quotation marks are not
199 set, the behavior is undefined.
201 left_quote = right_quote = "'"
202 quotearg_buffer:
203 "'simple'", "'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "'a:b'"
204 quotearg:
205 "'simple'", "'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "'a:b'"
206 quotearg_colon:
207 "'simple'", "'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'", "'a\\:b'"
209 left_quote = "(" and right_quote = ")"
210 quotearg_buffer:
211 "(simple)", "(\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\)", "(a:b)"
212 quotearg:
213 "(simple)", "(\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\)", "(a:b)"
214 quotearg_colon:
215 "(simple)", "(\\0 \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\)", "(a\\:b)"
217 left_quote = ":" and right_quote = " "
218 quotearg_buffer:
219 ":simple ", ":\\0\\ \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\ ", ":a:b "
220 quotearg:
221 ":simple ", ":\\0\\ \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\ ", ":a:b "
222 quotearg_colon:
223 ":simple ", ":\\0\\ \\t\\n'\"\\033??/\\\\ ", ":a\\:b "
225 left_quote = "\"'" and right_quote = "'\""
226 Notice that this is treated as a single level of quotes or two
227 levels where the outer quote need not be escaped within the inner
228 quotes. For two levels where the outer quote must be escaped
229 within the inner quotes, you must use separate quotearg
230 invocations.
231 quotearg_buffer:
232 "\"'simple'\"", "\"'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'\"", "\"'a:b'\""
233 quotearg:
234 "\"'simple'\"", "\"'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'\"", "\"'a:b'\""
235 quotearg_colon:
236 "\"'simple'\"", "\"'\\0 \\t\\n\\'\"\\033??/\\\\'\"", "\"'a\\:b'\""
238 custom_quoting_style
241 /* Flags for use in set_quoting_flags. */
242 enum quoting_flags
244 /* Always elide null bytes from styles that do not quote them,
245 even when the length of the result is available to the
246 caller. */
247 QA_ELIDE_NULL_BYTES = 0x01,
249 /* Omit the surrounding quote characters if no escaped characters
250 are encountered. Note that if no other character needs
251 escaping, then neither does the escape character. */
252 QA_ELIDE_OUTER_QUOTES = 0x02,
254 /* In the c_quoting_style and c_maybe_quoting_style, split ANSI
255 trigraph sequences into concatenated strings (for example,
256 "?""?/" rather than "??/", which could be confused with
257 "\\"). */
258 QA_SPLIT_TRIGRAPHS = 0x04
261 /* For now, --quoting-style=literal is the default, but this may change. */
262 # ifndef DEFAULT_QUOTING_STYLE
263 # define DEFAULT_QUOTING_STYLE literal_quoting_style
264 # endif
266 /* Names of quoting styles and their corresponding values. */
267 extern char const *const quoting_style_args[];
268 extern enum quoting_style const quoting_style_vals[];
270 struct quoting_options;
272 /* The functions listed below set and use a hidden variable
273 that contains the default quoting style options. */
275 /* Allocate a new set of quoting options, with contents initially identical
276 to O if O is not null, or to the default if O is null.
277 It is the caller's responsibility to free the result. */
278 struct quoting_options *clone_quoting_options (struct quoting_options *o);
280 /* Get the value of O's quoting style. If O is null, use the default. */
281 enum quoting_style get_quoting_style (struct quoting_options const *o);
283 /* In O (or in the default if O is null),
284 set the value of the quoting style to S. */
285 void set_quoting_style (struct quoting_options *o, enum quoting_style s);
287 /* In O (or in the default if O is null),
288 set the value of the quoting options for character C to I.
289 Return the old value. Currently, the only values defined for I are
290 0 (the default) and 1 (which means to quote the character even if
291 it would not otherwise be quoted). C must never be a digit or a
292 letter that has special meaning after a backslash (for example, "\t"
293 for tab). */
294 int set_char_quoting (struct quoting_options *o, char c, int i);
296 /* In O (or in the default if O is null),
297 set the value of the quoting options flag to I, which can be a
298 bitwise combination of enum quoting_flags, or 0 for default
299 behavior. Return the old value. */
300 int set_quoting_flags (struct quoting_options *o, int i);
302 /* In O (or in the default if O is null),
303 set the value of the quoting style to custom_quoting_style,
304 set the left quote to LEFT_QUOTE, and set the right quote to
305 RIGHT_QUOTE. Each of LEFT_QUOTE and RIGHT_QUOTE must be
306 null-terminated and can be the empty string. Because backslashes are
307 used for escaping, it does not make sense for RIGHT_QUOTE to contain
308 a backslash. RIGHT_QUOTE must not begin with a digit or a letter
309 that has special meaning after a backslash (for example, "\t" for
310 tab). */
311 void set_custom_quoting (struct quoting_options *o,
312 char const *left_quote,
313 char const *right_quote);
315 /* Place into buffer BUFFER (of size BUFFERSIZE) a quoted version of
316 argument ARG (of size ARGSIZE), using O to control quoting.
317 If O is null, use the default.
318 Terminate the output with a null character, and return the written
319 size of the output, not counting the terminating null.
320 If BUFFERSIZE is too small to store the output string, return the
321 value that would have been returned had BUFFERSIZE been large enough.
322 If ARGSIZE is -1, use the string length of the argument for ARGSIZE.
323 On output, BUFFER might contain embedded null bytes if ARGSIZE was
324 not -1, the style of O does not use backslash escapes, and the
325 flags of O do not request elision of null bytes.*/
326 size_t quotearg_buffer (char *buffer, size_t buffersize,
327 char const *arg, size_t argsize,
328 struct quoting_options const *o);
330 /* Like quotearg_buffer, except return the result in a newly allocated
331 buffer. It is the caller's responsibility to free the result. The
332 result will not contain embedded null bytes. */
333 char *quotearg_alloc (char const *arg, size_t argsize,
334 struct quoting_options const *o);
336 /* Like quotearg_alloc, except that the length of the result,
337 excluding the terminating null byte, is stored into SIZE if it is
338 non-NULL. The result might contain embedded null bytes if ARGSIZE
339 was not -1, SIZE was not NULL, the style of O does not use
340 backslash escapes, and the flags of O do not request elision of
341 null bytes.*/
342 char *quotearg_alloc_mem (char const *arg, size_t argsize,
343 size_t *size, struct quoting_options const *o);
345 /* Use storage slot N to return a quoted version of the string ARG.
346 Use the default quoting options.
347 The returned value points to static storage that can be
348 reused by the next call to this function with the same value of N.
349 N must be nonnegative. The output of all functions in the
350 quotearg_n family are guaranteed to not contain embedded null
351 bytes.*/
352 char *quotearg_n (int n, char const *arg);
354 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n (0, ARG). */
355 char *quotearg (char const *arg);
357 /* Use storage slot N to return a quoted version of the argument ARG
358 of size ARGSIZE. This is like quotearg_n (N, ARG), except it can
359 quote null bytes. */
360 char *quotearg_n_mem (int n, char const *arg, size_t argsize);
362 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n_mem (0, ARG, ARGSIZE). */
363 char *quotearg_mem (char const *arg, size_t argsize);
365 /* Use style S and storage slot N to return a quoted version of the string ARG.
366 This is like quotearg_n (N, ARG), except that it uses S with no other
367 options to specify the quoting method. */
368 char *quotearg_n_style (int n, enum quoting_style s, char const *arg);
370 /* Use style S and storage slot N to return a quoted version of the
371 argument ARG of size ARGSIZE. This is like quotearg_n_style
372 (N, S, ARG), except it can quote null bytes. */
373 char *quotearg_n_style_mem (int n, enum quoting_style s,
374 char const *arg, size_t argsize);
376 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n_style (0, S, ARG). */
377 char *quotearg_style (enum quoting_style s, char const *arg);
379 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n_style_mem (0, S, ARG, ARGSIZE). */
380 char *quotearg_style_mem (enum quoting_style s,
381 char const *arg, size_t argsize);
383 /* Like quotearg (ARG), except also quote any instances of CH.
384 See set_char_quoting for a description of acceptable CH values. */
385 char *quotearg_char (char const *arg, char ch);
387 /* Like quotearg_char (ARG, CH), except it can quote null bytes. */
388 char *quotearg_char_mem (char const *arg, size_t argsize, char ch);
390 /* Equivalent to quotearg_char (ARG, ':'). */
391 char *quotearg_colon (char const *arg);
393 /* Like quotearg_colon (ARG), except it can quote null bytes. */
394 char *quotearg_colon_mem (char const *arg, size_t argsize);
396 /* Like quotearg_n_style, except with ':' quoting enabled. */
397 char *quotearg_n_style_colon (int n, enum quoting_style s, char const *arg);
399 /* Like quotearg_n_style (N, S, ARG) but with S as custom_quoting_style
400 with left quote as LEFT_QUOTE and right quote as RIGHT_QUOTE. See
401 set_custom_quoting for a description of acceptable LEFT_QUOTE and
402 RIGHT_QUOTE values. */
403 char *quotearg_n_custom (int n, char const *left_quote,
404 char const *right_quote, char const *arg);
406 /* Like quotearg_n_custom (N, LEFT_QUOTE, RIGHT_QUOTE, ARG) except it
407 can quote null bytes. */
408 char *quotearg_n_custom_mem (int n, char const *left_quote,
409 char const *right_quote,
410 char const *arg, size_t argsize);
412 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n_custom (0, LEFT_QUOTE, RIGHT_QUOTE, ARG). */
413 char *quotearg_custom (char const *left_quote, char const *right_quote,
414 char const *arg);
416 /* Equivalent to quotearg_n_custom_mem (0, LEFT_QUOTE, RIGHT_QUOTE, ARG,
417 ARGSIZE). */
418 char *quotearg_custom_mem (char const *left_quote,
419 char const *right_quote,
420 char const *arg, size_t argsize);
422 /* Free any dynamically allocated memory. */
423 void quotearg_free (void);
425 #endif /* !QUOTEARG_H_ */