Function PltMakeFNValid

Descent3/pilot.cpp:1978–2009

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////// given a name, it will create a valid filename

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// given a name, it will create a valid filename
void PltMakeFNValid(char *name) {
  int whiteindex;
  int end = strlen(name);

  for (whiteindex = 0; whiteindex < end; whiteindex++) {
    // remove illegal character (sub _ in place)
    switch (name[whiteindex]) {
    case '?':
    case '*':
    case '\\':
    case '/':
    case '|':
    case '<':
    case '>':
    case ':':
    case '"':
      name[whiteindex] = '_';
      break;
    default:
      break;
    }
  }

  // remove leading whitespace
  whiteindex = 0;
  while (name[whiteindex] == ' ')
    whiteindex++;

  char temp[PLTFILELEN];
  strcpy(temp, &name[whiteindex]);
  strcpy(name, temp);
}

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// Copies the key/joy config of a pilot to another (src must exist!) (Keep up to date with Read/Write file)