+/*
+ * NAME
+ * strunescape
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Replaces any escaped characters in a string with the appropriate special
+ * characters. The following escaped characters are recognized:
+ *
+ * \t -> <tab>
+ * \n -> <newline>
+ * \r -> <carriage return>
+ *
+ * For all other escacped characters only the backslash will be removed.
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS
+ * `buf' String to be unescaped.
+ * `buf_len' Length of the string, including the terminating null-byte.
+ *
+ * RETURN VALUE
+ * Returns zero upon success, a value less than zero else.
+ */
+int strunescape (char *buf, size_t buf_len);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * timeval_cmp
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Compare the two time values `tv0' and `tv1' and store the absolut value
+ * of the difference in the time value pointed to by `delta' if it does not
+ * equal NULL.
+ *
+ * RETURN VALUE
+ * Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if `tv0' is
+ * less than, equal to, or greater than `tv1' respectively.
+ */
+int timeval_cmp (struct timeval tv0, struct timeval tv1, struct timeval *delta);
+
+/* make sure tv_usec stores less than a second */
+#define NORMALIZE_TIMEVAL(tv) \
+ do { \
+ (tv).tv_sec += (tv).tv_usec / 1000000; \
+ (tv).tv_usec = (tv).tv_usec % 1000000; \
+ } while (0)
+
+/* make sure tv_sec stores less than a second */
+#define NORMALIZE_TIMESPEC(tv) \
+ do { \
+ (tv).tv_sec += (tv).tv_nsec / 1000000000; \
+ (tv).tv_nsec = (tv).tv_nsec % 1000000000; \
+ } while (0)