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3 * fmt_new.c -- read format file/string and normalize
7 * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh. See the
8 * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
9 * complete copyright information.
16 static char *formats
= 0;
21 static void normalize (char *);
25 * Get new format string
29 new_fs (char *form
, char *format
, char *default_fs
)
38 if ((fp
= fopen (etcpath (form
), "r")) == NULL
)
39 adios (form
, "unable to open format file");
41 if (fstat (fileno (fp
), &st
) == -1)
42 adios (form
, "unable to stat format file");
44 if (!(formats
= malloc ((size_t) st
.st_size
+ 1)))
45 adios (form
, "unable to allocate space for format");
47 if (read (fileno(fp
), formats
, (int) st
.st_size
) != st
.st_size
)
48 adios (form
, "error reading format file");
50 formats
[st
.st_size
] = '\0';
54 formats
= getcpy (format
? format
: default_fs
);
57 normalize (formats
); /* expand escapes */
64 * Expand escapes in format strings
72 for (dp
= cp
; *cp
; cp
++) {