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+/* exclude.c -- exclude file names
+   Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; see the file COPYING.
+   If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>  */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef errno
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+#include <exclude.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+void *xmalloc __EXCLUDE_P ((size_t));
+void *xrealloc __EXCLUDE_P ((void *, size_t));
+
+/* Keep track of excluded file name patterns.  */
+
+struct exclude
+  {
+    char const **exclude;
+    int exclude_alloc;
+    int exclude_count;
+  };
+
+struct exclude *
+new_exclude (void)
+{
+  struct exclude *ex = (struct exclude *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct exclude));
+  ex->exclude_count = 0;
+  ex->exclude_alloc = 64;
+  ex->exclude = (char const **) xmalloc (ex->exclude_alloc * sizeof (char *));
+  return ex;
+}
+
+int
+excluded_filename (struct exclude const *ex, char const *f)
+{
+  char const * const *exclude = ex->exclude;
+  int exclude_count = ex->exclude_count;
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0;  i < exclude_count;  i++)
+    if (fnmatch (exclude[i], f, 0) == 0)
+      return 1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void
+add_exclude (struct exclude *ex, char const *pattern)
+{
+  if (ex->exclude_alloc <= ex->exclude_count)
+    ex->exclude = (char const **) xrealloc (ex->exclude,
+					    ((ex->exclude_alloc *= 2)
+					     * sizeof (char *)));
+
+  ex->exclude[ex->exclude_count++] = pattern;
+}
+
+int
+add_exclude_file (struct exclude *ex, char const *filename, char line_end)
+{
+  int use_stdin = filename[0] == '-' && !filename[1];
+  FILE *in;
+  char *buf;
+  char *p;
+  char const *pattern;
+  char const *lim;
+  size_t buf_alloc = 1024;
+  size_t buf_count = 0;
+  int c;
+  int e = 0;
+
+  if (use_stdin)
+    in = stdin;
+  else if (! (in = fopen (filename, "r")))
+    return -1;
+
+  buf = xmalloc (buf_alloc);
+
+  while ((c = getc (in)) != EOF)
+    {
+      buf[buf_count++] = c;
+      if (buf_count == buf_alloc)
+	buf = xrealloc (buf, buf_alloc *= 2);
+    }
+
+  buf = xrealloc (buf, buf_count + 1);
+
+  if (ferror (in))
+    e = errno;
+
+  if (!use_stdin && fclose (in) != 0)
+    e = errno;
+
+  for (pattern = p = buf, lim = buf + buf_count;  p <= lim;  p++)
+    if (p < lim ? *p == line_end : buf < p && p[-1])
+      {
+	*p = '\0';
+	add_exclude (ex, pattern);
+	pattern = p + 1;
+      }
+
+  errno = e;
+  return e ? -1 : 0;
+}

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+/* exclude.h -- declarations for excluding file names
+   Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; see the file COPYING.
+   If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>  */
+
+#ifndef __EXCLUDE_P
+# if defined __STDC__ || __GNUC__
+#  define __EXCLUDE_P(args) args
+# else
+#  define __EXCLUDE_P(args) ()
+# endif
+#endif
+
+struct exclude;
+
+struct exclude *new_exclude __EXCLUDE_P ((void));
+void add_exclude __EXCLUDE_P ((struct exclude *, char const *));
+int add_exclude_file __EXCLUDE_P ((struct exclude *, char const *, char));
+int excluded_filename __EXCLUDE_P ((struct exclude const *, char const *));