src/daemon/common.[ch]: Implement parse_value_file().

Fixes: #1914

diff --git a/src/daemon/common.c b/src/daemon/common.c
index 05b1199..7806c71 100644 (file)
--- a/src/daemon/common.c
+++ b/src/daemon/common.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,18 @@ int parse_values (char *buffer, value_list_t *vl, const data_set_t *ds)
        return (0);
 } /* int parse_values */
 
+int parse_value_file (char const *path, value_t *ret_value, int ds_type)
+{
+       char buffer[256];
+
+       if (read_file_contents (path, buffer, sizeof (buffer)) < 0)
+               return errno;
+
+       strstripnewline (buffer);
+
+       return parse_value (buffer, ret_value, ds_type);
+} /* int parse_value_file */
+
 #if !HAVE_GETPWNAM_R
 int getpwnam_r (const char *name, struct passwd *pwbuf, char *buf,
                size_t buflen, struct passwd **pwbufp)

diff --git a/src/daemon/common.h b/src/daemon/common.h
index 720e5f1..9e25293 100644 (file)
--- a/src/daemon/common.h
+++ b/src/daemon/common.h
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ int parse_identifier_vl (const char *str, value_list_t *vl);
 int parse_value (const char *value, value_t *ret_value, int ds_type);
 int parse_values (char *buffer, value_list_t *vl, const data_set_t *ds);
 
+/* parse_value_file reads "path" and parses its content as an integer or
+ * floating point, depending on "ds_type". On success, the value is stored in
+ * "ret_value" and zero is returned. On failure, a non-zero value is returned. */
+int parse_value_file (char const *path, value_t *ret_value, int ds_type);
+
 #if !HAVE_GETPWNAM_R
 int getpwnam_r (const char *name, struct passwd *pwbuf, char *buf,
                size_t buflen, struct passwd **pwbufp);