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src/basic/escape.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
429 static char *strcpy_backslash_escaped(char *t, const char *s, const char *bad, bool escape_tab_nl) {
453 return NULL;
454
455 t = strcpy_backslash_escaped(r, s, bad, false);
456 *t = 0;
457
458 return r;
459 }
460
461 char* shell_maybe_quote(const char *s, EscapeStyle style) {
src/basic/path-util.h
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jul 26, 2018
C
96 * directory. Excludes the specified directory itself */
97 #define PATH_FOREACH_PREFIX(prefix, path) \
98 for (char *_slash = ({ path_simplify(strcpy(prefix, path), false); streq(prefix, "/") ? NULL : strrchr(prefix, '/'); }); _slash && ((*_slash = 0), true); _slash = strrchr((prefix), '/'))
102 for (char *_slash = ({ path_simplify(strcpy(prefix, path), false); if (streq(prefix, "/")) prefix[0] = 0; strrchr(prefix, 0); }); _slash && ((*_slash = 0), true); _slash = strrchr((prefix), '/'))
src/basic/unit-name.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
230 return -ENOMEM;
231
232 strcpy(mempcpy(s, n, a), suffix);
233 *ret = s;
234
235 return 0;
236 }
237
238 int unit_name_build(const char *prefix, const char *instance, const char *suffix, char **ret) {
472 return -ENOMEM;
473
474 strcpy(mempcpy(mempcpy(s, f, a + 1), i, b), e);
475
476 *ret = s;
477 return 0;
478 }
479
480 int unit_name_template(const char *f, char **ret) {
src/basic/cap-list.c
Showing the top match Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
76 if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(str, allocated, n + add + 2))
77 return -ENOMEM;
78
79 strcpy(mempcpy(str + n, p, add), " ");
src/shared/import-util.c
Showing the top match Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
59 if (!s)
60 return -ENOMEM;
61
62 strcpy(mempcpy(s, url, e - url), suffix);
63 *ret = s;
src/shared/firewall-util.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
50 entry->ip.proto = protocol;
51
52 if (in_interface) {
53 strcpy(entry->ip.iniface, in_interface);
63 assert(l < sizeof entry->ip.outiface);
64 assert(l < sizeof entry->ip.outiface_mask);
65
66 strcpy(entry->ip.outiface, out_interface);
src/nss-systemd/nss-systemd.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jul 25, 2018
C
415 memzero(buffer, sizeof(char*));
416 strcpy(buffer + sizeof(char*), name);
417
418 gr->gr_name = buffer + sizeof(char*);
513 memzero(buffer, sizeof(char*));
514 strcpy(buffer + sizeof(char*), translated);
515
516 gr->gr_name = buffer + sizeof(char*);
src/basic/khash.c
Showing the top match Last indexed Jun 26, 2018
C
119 fd = socket(AF_ALG, SOCK_SEQPACKET|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
120 if (fd < 0)
121 return -errno;
122
123 strcpy((char*) sa.alg.salg_name, algorithm);
src/basic/time-util.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Jul 20, 2018
C
282 assert(l >= strlen("--- XXXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX") + 1);
283 strcpy(buf, "--- XXXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX");
284 return buf;
285 }
286
287 sec = (time_t) (t / USEC_PER_SEC); /* Round down */
314 if (n + 5 > l)
315 return NULL; /* "UTC" doesn't fit. */
316
317 strcpy(buf + n, " UTC");
src/basic/path-util.c
Showing the top two matches Last indexed Aug 3, 2018
C
199 for (p = r; n_parents > 0; n_parents--)
200 p = mempcpy(p, "../", 3);
201
202 if (*t)
203 strcpy(p, t);
663 if (path[0] != '/')
664 *(p++) = '/';
665
666 strcpy(p, path);
667 return n;
668 }
669
670 int parse_path_argument_and_warn(const char *path, bool suppress_root, char **arg) {