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1 /* GNU's read utmp module.
2 Copyright (C) 1992-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Written by jla; revised by djm */
20 #include <config.h>
22 #include <stdio.h>
24 #include <sys/stat.h>
25 #if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(HAVE_STRING_H)
26 # include <string.h>
27 #else
28 # include <strings.h>
29 #endif /* STDC_HEADERS || HAVE_STRING_H */
31 #include "readutmp.h"
33 char *xmalloc ();
34 char *realloc ();
36 /* Copy UT->ut_name into storage obtained from malloc. Then remove any
37 trailing spaces from the copy, NUL terminate it, and return the copy. */
39 char *
40 extract_trimmed_name (const STRUCT_UTMP *ut)
42 char *p, *trimmed_name;
44 trimmed_name = xmalloc (sizeof (ut->ut_name) + 1);
45 strncpy (trimmed_name, ut->ut_name, sizeof (ut->ut_name));
46 /* Append a trailing space character. Some systems pad names shorter than
47 the maximum with spaces, others pad with NULs. Remove any spaces. */
48 trimmed_name[sizeof (ut->ut_name)] = ' ';
49 p = strchr (trimmed_name, ' ');
50 if (p != NULL)
51 *p = '\0';
52 return trimmed_name;
55 /* Read the utmp entries corresponding to file FILENAME into freshly-
56 malloc'd storage, set *UTMP_BUF to that pointer, set *N_ENTRIES to
57 the number of entries, and return zero. If there is any error,
58 return non-zero and don't modify the parameters. */
60 #if HAVE_UTMPNAME
62 int
63 read_utmp (const char *filename, int *n_entries, STRUCT_UTMP **utmp_buf)
65 int n_read;
66 STRUCT_UTMP *u;
67 STRUCT_UTMP *utmp = NULL;
69 /* Ignore the return value for now.
70 Solaris' utmpname returns 1 upon success -- which is contrary
71 to what the GNU libc version does. In addition, older GNU libc
72 versions are actually void. */
73 UTMP_NAME_FUNCTION (filename);
75 SET_UTMP_ENT ();
77 n_read = 0;
78 while ((u = GET_UTMP_ENT ()) != NULL)
80 ++n_read;
81 utmp = (STRUCT_UTMP *) realloc (utmp, n_read * sizeof (STRUCT_UTMP));
82 if (utmp == NULL)
83 return 1;
84 utmp[n_read - 1] = *u;
87 END_UTMP_ENT ();
89 *n_entries = n_read;
90 *utmp_buf = utmp;
92 return 0;
95 #else
97 int
98 read_utmp (const char *filename, int *n_entries, STRUCT_UTMP **utmp_buf)
100 FILE *utmp;
101 struct stat file_stats;
102 size_t n_read;
103 size_t size;
104 STRUCT_UTMP *buf;
106 utmp = fopen (filename, "r");
107 if (utmp == NULL)
108 return 1;
110 fstat (fileno (utmp), &file_stats);
111 size = file_stats.st_size;
112 if (size > 0)
113 buf = (STRUCT_UTMP *) xmalloc (size);
114 else
116 fclose (utmp);
117 return 1;
120 /* Use < instead of != in case the utmp just grew. */
121 n_read = fread (buf, 1, size, utmp);
122 if (ferror (utmp) || fclose (utmp) == EOF
123 || n_read < size)
124 return 1;
126 *n_entries = size / sizeof (STRUCT_UTMP);
127 *utmp_buf = buf;
129 return 0;
132 #endif /* HAVE_UTMPNAME */