*/
int escape_slashes (char *buf, int buf_len);
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * replace_special
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Replaces any special characters (anything that's not alpha-numeric or a
+ * dash) with an underscore.
+ *
+ * E.g. "foo$bar&" would become "foo_bar_".
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS
+ * `buffer' String to be handled.
+ * `buffer_size' Length of the string. The function returns after
+ * encountering a null-byte or reading this many bytes.
+ */
+void replace_special (char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
+
int strsubstitute (char *str, char c_from, char c_to);
-/* FIXME: `timeval_sub_timespec' needs a description */
-int timeval_sub_timespec (struct timeval *tv0, struct timeval *tv1, struct timespec *ret);
+/*
+ * 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)
int check_create_dir (const char *file_orig);
int parse_identifier (char *str, char **ret_host,
char **ret_plugin, char **ret_plugin_instance,
char **ret_type, char **ret_type_instance);
+int parse_value (const char *value, value_t *ret_value, const data_source_t ds);
int parse_values (char *buffer, value_list_t *vl, const data_set_t *ds);
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