Function get_line

src/utilities/ibmgr/ibmgr.cpp:226–300

static bool get_line( int *argc, SCHAR** argv, TEXT* stuff)
{
/**************************************
 *
 *	g e t _ l i n e
 *
 **************************************
 *
 * Functional description
 *	Read the current line and put its pieces into an argc/argv
 *	structure.   Reads a max of MAXARGS - 1 pieces (argv [0] is
 *	unused), and a max of MAXSTUFF characters, at which point
 *
 **************************************/
	TEXT msg[MSG_LEN];

	SRVRMGR_msg_get(MSG_PROMPT, msg);
	printf("%s ", msg);		// "FBMGR> "

	//if (sw_service_gsec)
	//	putc ('\001', stdout);

	fflush(stdout);
	*argc = 1;
	TEXT* cursor = stuff;
	USHORT count = MAXSTUFF - 1;
	bool first = true;

	// for each input character, if it's white space (or any non-printable,
	// non-newline for that matter), ignore it; if it's a newline, we're
	// done; otherwise, put it in the current argument

	while (*argc < MAXARGS && count > 0)
	{
		TEXT c = getc(stdin);
		if (c > ' ' && c <= '~')
		{
			// note that the first argument gets a '-' appended to the front to fool
			// the switch checker into thinking it came from the command line

			for (argv[(*argc)++] = cursor; count > 0; count--)
			{
				if (first)
				{
					first = false;
					if (c != '?')
					{
						*cursor++ = '-';
						count--;
					}
				}
				*cursor++ = c;
				c = getc(stdin);
				if (c <= ' ' || c > '~')
					break;
			}
			*cursor++ = '\0';
			count--;