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3 * fmt_new.c -- read format file/string and normalize
12 static char *formats
= 0;
17 static void normalize (char *);
21 * Get new format string
25 new_fs (char *form
, char *format
, char *default_fs
)
34 if ((fp
= fopen (etcpath (form
), "r")) == NULL
)
35 adios (form
, "unable to open format file");
37 if (fstat (fileno (fp
), &st
) == -1)
38 adios (form
, "unable to stat format file");
40 if (!(formats
= malloc ((size_t) st
.st_size
+ 1)))
41 adios (form
, "unable to allocate space for format");
43 if (read (fileno(fp
), formats
, (int) st
.st_size
) != st
.st_size
)
44 adios (form
, "error reading format file");
46 formats
[st
.st_size
] = '\0';
50 formats
= getcpy (format
? format
: default_fs
);
53 normalize (formats
); /* expand escapes */
60 * Expand escapes in format strings
68 for (dp
= cp
; *cp
; cp
++) {