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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--tools/greylist.c50
-rw-r--r--tools/libltgrey.c343
-rw-r--r--tools/libltgrey.h38
-rw-r--r--tools/ltgrey.c153
-rw-r--r--tools/makefile12
-rw-r--r--tools/qq_exit_codes.h15
-rw-r--r--tools/skrewt.c17
-rw-r--r--tools/utils.c44
-rw-r--r--tools/utils.h3
10 files changed, 611 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e929027..b6369d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -163,3 +163,4 @@ data.tar.gz
dummy-mail-transfer-agent_all.deb
bash-c
wripper
+ltgrey
diff --git a/tools/greylist.c b/tools/greylist.c
index 89396e7..9af70eb 100644
--- a/tools/greylist.c
+++ b/tools/greylist.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
#include <string.h> /* for memset() */
#include <arpa/inet.h> /* for inet_ntop() */
-
using namespace std;
const int minute(60);
@@ -33,18 +32,7 @@ const int minimum_age(15*minute);
const int maximum_age(32*day);
const int probation(4*hour);
-// error exit codes, mostly as stated in qmail.c
-#define foo(name, num) const int ex_ ## name = num
-#define bar foo(good, 0) ;\
-foo(spam, 21) ;\
-foo(penaltybox, 22) ;\
-foo(badDNS, 23) ;\
-foo(greylisting, 70) ;\
-foo(syserr, 71) ;\
-foo(comerr, 74) ;
-
-bar
-#undef foo
+#include "qq_exit_codes.h"
pid_t mypid;
string progname;
@@ -58,14 +46,6 @@ void dump(const string var){
else cerr << " is not set." << endl;
}
-
-////////////////
-// little utility to help with argument parsing:
-//
-int prefix(const string shorter, const string longer){
- return shorter == longer.substr(0, shorter.length());
-}
-
void exeunt(const int sts){
if (sts == ex_good) exit(sts);
@@ -93,6 +73,8 @@ void exeunt(const int sts){
exit(sts);
}
+#include "utils.h"
+
class whatsit{
public:
string dirname;
@@ -126,12 +108,6 @@ public:
int check_dns_sub(string &addr, string &host, vector<string> &checked);
};
-string basename(const string path){
- size_t where = path.rfind("/");
- if (where != string::npos) return path.substr(1+where);
- return path;
-}
-
int whatsit::setup(){
stringstream foo;
foo << basename(progname) << suffix
@@ -145,26 +121,6 @@ int whatsit::setup(){
return 0;
}
-string time_out(const int _ttt){
- int ttt(abs(_ttt));
- int sec(ttt % 60);
- int min((ttt / 60) % 60);
- int hr(ttt / 3600);
- stringstream foo;
- int didsome(0);
- if (_ttt < 0) foo << "-";
- if (hr) {
- foo << hr << ":";
- didsome++;
- }
- if (didsome || min){
- foo << setw(didsome?2:1) << setfill('0') << min << ":";
- didsome++;
- }
- foo << setw(didsome?2:1) << setfill('0') << sec;
- return foo.str();
-}
-
void scan(const string progid, const string p, const int copies=1){
timeval now;
gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
diff --git a/tools/libltgrey.c b/tools/libltgrey.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4ec0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libltgrey.c
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+#include <stdlib.h> /* for exit(), getenv() */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for stat(), getaddrinfo() */
+#include <sys/stat.h> /* for stat() */
+#include <unistd.h> /* for stat() */
+#include <stdio.h> /* for perror */
+#include <errno.h> /* for ENOENT */
+#include <fstream> /* for ofstream() */
+#include <fcntl.h> /* for creat() */
+#include <sys/time.h> /* for gettimeofday() */
+#include <sstream> /* for stringstream */
+#include <signal.h> /* for kill(), SIGUSR1 */
+
+// requires apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev:
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+#include <sys/socket.h> /* for getaddrinfo() */
+#include <netdb.h> /* for getaddrinfo() */
+#include <string.h> /* for memset() */
+#include <arpa/inet.h> /* for inet_ntop() */
+
+using namespace std;
+
+const int minute(60);
+const int hour(60*minute);
+const int day(24*hour);
+
+const int minimum_age(15*minute);
+const int maximum_age(32*day);
+const int probation(4*hour);
+
+#if 0
+void exeunt(const int sts){
+ if (sts == ex_good) exit(sts);
+
+#ifndef PENALIZE_SPAMMERS
+ if (sts == ex_penaltybox) exit(sts);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef KILL_GROUP
+ exit(sts);
+#endif
+
+ const char* foo = getenv("HI_Q_GROUP");
+ if (!foo) exit(sts);
+
+// No point in signalling ourself:
+ sighandler_t rslt = signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN);
+ if (rslt == SIG_ERR) {
+ cerr << "error setting signal" << endl;
+ }
+ int k = kill(-atoi(foo), SIGUSR1);
+ if (k) {
+ cerr << "kill failed on group " << atoi(foo) << " ... ";
+ perror(0);
+ }
+ exit(sts);
+}
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/time.h> /* for gettimeofday */
+#include <iomanip> /* for setw */
+#include <unistd.h> /* for stat */
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for stat, creat */
+#include <sys/stat.h> /* for stat, creat */
+#include <fcntl.h> /* for creat */
+#include <fstream> /* for ofstream() */
+
+#include "libltgrey.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "qq_exit_codes.h"
+
+void whatsit::dump(const string var){
+ char* str = getenv(var.c_str());
+ cerr << progname
+ << "[" << mypid << "] "
+ << var;
+ if (str) cerr << " is set to '" << str << "'" << endl;
+ else cerr << " is not set." << endl;
+}
+
+int whatsit::setup(){
+ stringstream foo;
+ foo << basename(progname) << suffix
+ << "[" << mypid << "]";
+ progid = foo.str();
+
+ ipvar = getenv("TCPREMOTEIP");
+ if (ipvar) ipbase = ipvar;
+ hostvar = getenv("TCPREMOTEHOST");
+ if (hostvar) hostname = hostvar;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void whatsit::update(const string msg, const timeval new_mod,
+ const timeval new_ac, const int penalty, const int stain){
+ if (verbosity){
+ if (penalty || stain || verbosity>1) cerr << progid << ": ";
+ if (penalty) cerr << " penalty " << penalty;
+ if (stain) cerr << " stain " << stain;
+ if (verbosity > 1) {
+ if (penalty || stain) cerr << "+"; // separation, punctuation
+ cerr << msg << ": " << ipbase;
+ if (hostname.length()) cerr << " " << hostname;
+ cerr << " mod_age: " << time_out(mod_age)
+ << " ac_age: " << time_out(ac_age);
+ }
+ cerr << endl;
+ }
+ timeval pen_mod(new_mod);
+ timeval stain_ac(new_ac);
+ if (penalty) {
+ pen_mod = now;
+ pen_mod.tv_sec += penalty;
+ }
+ if (stain) {
+ stain_ac = now;
+ stain_ac.tv_sec -= stain;
+ }
+ timeval upd[2] = {
+// beware: access illogically comes *before* modification here:
+ stain_ac,
+ pen_mod
+ };
+ if (utimes(ipname.c_str(), upd))
+ cerr << "oops" << endl;
+}
+
+int whatsit::doit(const int penalty, const int stain){
+
+ if (!ipvar) {
+ cerr << progid
+ << " TCPREMOTEIP not set???" << endl;
+ // should never happen
+ // although you can make it happen using a weird test-harness
+ return(ex_syserr);
+ }
+
+// see if our directory exists:
+ struct stat dirstat;
+ int rslt = stat(dirname.c_str(), &dirstat);
+ if (rslt != 0){
+ if (errno != ENOENT) {
+ cerr << progid << ": stat failed for '"
+ << dirname << "' : ";
+ perror(0);
+ }
+ rslt = mkdir(dirname.c_str(), 0755);
+ if (rslt != 0) {
+ cerr << progid
+ << "uid " << getuid()
+ << ": mkdir failed for '"
+ << dirname << "' : ";
+ perror(0);
+ return(ex_syserr);
+ }
+ }
+
+ ipname = dirname + "/" + ipbase;
+ struct stat ipstat;
+ rslt = stat(ipname.c_str(), &ipstat);
+ if (rslt != 0){
+ if (errno != ENOENT) {
+ cerr << progid << ": stat failed for '"
+ << ipname << "' : ";
+ perror(0);
+ }
+ ofstream foo;
+ int fd = creat(ipname.c_str(), 0644);
+ if (fd < 0){
+ cerr << progid << ": create failed for '"
+ << ipname << "' : ";
+ perror(0);
+ }
+ close(fd);
+ update("new customer", now, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_greylisting);
+ }
+
+// now for really checking the greylist status:
+ mod_age = now.tv_sec - ipstat.st_mtime;
+ ac_age = now.tv_sec - ipstat.st_atime;
+ timeval mod_orig = {ipstat.st_mtime, 0};
+ if (mod_age < 0) {
+ update("penalty box", mod_orig, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_penaltybox);
+ }
+ if (mod_age < ac_age){
+// when he comes out on parole, he starts over with no reputation:
+ update("paroled spammer", now, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_greylisting);
+ }
+ if (mod_age < minimum_age) {
+ update("early bird", mod_orig, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_greylisting);
+ }
+ if (mod_age - ac_age < minimum_age // early bird, or completely unused
+ && mod_age > probation) { // did not diligently resubmit
+ update("disprobation", now, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_greylisting);
+ }
+ if (ac_age > maximum_age) {
+ update("too old, starting over", now, now, penalty, stain);
+ return(ex_greylisting);
+ }
+// if all checks are passed, must be OK:
+ update("returning customer", mod_orig, now, penalty, stain);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+typedef vector<unsigned char> VU;
+
+class VUx{
+public:
+ VU addr;
+ sa_family_t fam;
+ string str();
+};
+
+string VUx::str(){
+ char msgbuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+ const char* rslt = inet_ntop(fam, &addr[0],
+ msgbuf, sizeof(msgbuf));
+ if (!rslt) rslt = "";
+ return rslt;
+}
+
+VUx parse_sockaddr(const sockaddr* ai_addr) {
+ void* numericAddress;
+ VUx rslt;
+ int addrsize;
+ rslt.addr = VU(0);
+ rslt.fam = ((sockaddr *)ai_addr)->sa_family;
+ switch (rslt.fam) {
+ case AF_INET:
+ numericAddress = &(((sockaddr_in *)ai_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr);
+ addrsize = sizeof(in_addr);
+ break;
+ case AF_INET6:
+ numericAddress = &(((sockaddr_in6 *)ai_addr)->sin6_addr.s6_addr);
+ addrsize = sizeof(in6_addr);
+ break;
+ default:
+ cerr << "?Unknown address family " << rslt.fam << endl;
+ return rslt;
+ }
+ unsigned char* foo = (unsigned char*) numericAddress;
+ rslt.addr = VU(foo, foo+addrsize);
+ return rslt;
+}
+
+int diff(const VU aaa, const VU bbb){
+ if(aaa.size() != bbb.size()) return 1;
+ for (unsigned int ii=0; ii < aaa.size(); ii++){
+ if (aaa[ii] != bbb[ii]) return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int whatsit::check_dns(){
+ string addr("()"), host("()");
+ vector<string> checked;
+ int sts = check_dns_sub(addr, host, checked);
+ if (sts == 0) return sts;
+ if (sts != ex_badDNS) return sts; // possible ex_syserr
+#if 1
+ sts = 0; // demote badDNS to just a warning
+#endif
+ cerr << progid;
+ if (!sts) cerr << " (warning)";
+ cerr << " DNS inconsistency: "
+ << addr << " --> "
+ << host << " ==>";
+ if (!checked.size()) cerr << " ()";
+ else for (vector<string>::const_iterator chk = checked.begin();
+ chk != checked.end(); chk++) cerr << " " << *chk;
+ cerr << endl;
+
+ return sts;
+}
+
+int whatsit::check_dns_sub(string &addr, string &host, vector<string> &checked){
+
+ struct addrinfo *result;
+ struct addrinfo *ipresult;
+ struct addrinfo *res;
+ addrinfo hints;
+ int error;
+
+ memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+#if 1
+ // restrict to TCP only; otherwise we get N records per address
+ hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+#endif
+
+ error = getaddrinfo(ipvar, NULL, &hints, &ipresult);
+ if (error == EAI_NONAME) return ex_badDNS;
+ if (error) { // some unexpected error
+ cerr << progid
+ << " odd error " << error
+ << " in getaddrinfo for " << ipvar
+ << " : " << gai_strerror(error) << endl;
+ return ex_syserr;
+ }
+ if (!ipresult) {
+ cerr << "should never happen (addr with no addrs?)" << endl;
+ return ex_syserr;
+ }
+ VUx ipAddr = parse_sockaddr(ipresult->ai_addr);
+ addr = ipAddr.str();
+
+ char* hostvar = getenv("TCPREMOTEHOST");
+ if (hostvar) host = hostvar;
+ else return(ex_badDNS);
+
+ error = getaddrinfo(hostvar, NULL, &hints, &result);
+ if (error == EAI_NONAME) return ex_badDNS;
+ if (error) {
+ cerr << progid
+ << " error " << error
+ << " compare " << EAI_NONAME
+ << " in getaddrinfo for " << ipvar
+ << " :: " << gai_strerror(error) << endl;
+ return ex_syserr;
+ }
+
+// loop over all returned results and check for a match.
+ for (res = result; res != NULL; res = res->ai_next){
+ VUx hostAddr = parse_sockaddr(res->ai_addr);
+ checked.push_back(hostAddr.str());
+ if (!diff(hostAddr.addr, ipAddr.addr)) {
+ ///// cerr << "match! " << ipAddr.addr.size() << endl;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ }
+ return ex_badDNS;
+
+done:
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/libltgrey.h b/tools/libltgrey.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585ec01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libltgrey.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <sys/time.h> /* for gettimeofday(), timeval */
+#include <vector>
+
+class whatsit{
+public:
+ std::string dirname;
+ std::string progname;
+ pid_t mypid;
+ timeval now;
+ char* ipvar;
+ char* hostvar;
+ std::string ipbase;
+ std::string ipname;
+ std::string hostname;
+ int mod_age;
+ int ac_age;
+ std::string suffix;
+ std::string progid;
+ int verbosity;
+
+ whatsit(const std::string name, const std::string _dirname)
+ : dirname(_dirname), progname(name), mypid(getpid()),
+ mod_age(0), ac_age(0),
+ verbosity(0)
+ {
+ gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+ }
+ int doit(const int penalty, const int stain);
+// access comes after modification:
+ void update(const std::string msg, const timeval new_mod,
+ const timeval new_ac, const int penalty, const int stain);
+ int setup();
+ int check_dns();
+ int check_dns_sub(std::string &addr, std::string &host,
+ std::vector<std::string> &checked);
+ void dump(const std::string var);
+};
diff --git a/tools/ltgrey.c b/tools/ltgrey.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afdb4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ltgrey.c
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdlib.h> /* for exit(), atoi() */
+
+#include "libltgrey.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "qq_exit_codes.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+pid_t mypid;
+string progname;
+
+#define exeunt exit
+
+// forward reference:
+void scan(const string progid, const string p, const int copies=1);
+
+int main(int _argc, char** _argv){
+ mypid = getpid();
+ int argc(_argc);
+ char** argv(_argv);
+ const string dirname("/var/qmail/greylist");
+ whatsit foo(argv[0], dirname); argc--; argv++;
+ int scanmode(0);
+ int copies(1);
+ int penalty(0);
+ int stain(0);
+ int check(0);
+ while (argc > 0) {
+ string arg = argv[0]; argc--; argv++;
+ if (prefix(arg, "-scan")) {
+ scanmode++;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-copy")) {
+ copies++;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-verbose")) {
+ foo.verbosity++;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-check")) {
+ check++;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-penalize")
+ || prefix(arg, "-penalty")) {
+ if (!argc){
+ cerr << "Option '" << arg << "' requires an argument" << endl;
+ exeunt(ex_syserr);
+ }
+ penalty = atoi(*argv++); argc--;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-stain")) {
+ if (!argc){
+ cerr << "Option '" << arg << "' requires an argument" << endl;
+ exeunt(ex_syserr);
+ }
+ stain = atoi(*argv++); argc--;
+ } else if (prefix(arg, "-suffix")) {
+ if (!argc){
+ cerr << "Option '" << arg << "' requires an argument" << endl;
+ exeunt(ex_syserr);
+ }
+ foo.suffix += *argv++; argc--;
+ } else {
+ cerr << "Unrecognized arg: " << arg << endl;
+ exeunt(ex_syserr);
+ }
+ }
+ if (foo.setup()) return ex_syserr;
+
+ if (scanmode) {
+ scan(foo.progid, dirname, copies);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ int sts = foo.doit(penalty, stain);
+ if (sts == ex_syserr) return sts;
+ if (!check) return ex_good;
+
+// check mode ... perform some extra checks.
+// Probably a better design would be to
+// (a) make more thorough DNS checks, and
+// (b) move all the DNS checking to a separate module
+
+ int dns = foo.check_dns();
+ if (dns == ex_syserr || dns == ex_spam) return dns;
+ exeunt(sts);
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// requires apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev:
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sys/types.h> /* for stat(), getaddrinfo() */
+#include <sys/stat.h> /* for stat() */
+#include <unistd.h> /* for stat() */
+#include <stdio.h> /* for perror */
+#include <sstream>
+
+const int minute(60);
+const int hour(60*minute);
+const int day(24*hour);
+
+const int minimum_age(15*minute);
+const int maximum_age(32*day);
+const int probation(4*hour);
+
+void scan(const string progid, const string p, const int copies){
+ timeval now;
+ gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+ using namespace boost::filesystem;
+
+ if (is_directory(p)) {
+ for (directory_iterator itr(p); itr!=directory_iterator(); ++itr) {
+ string basename = itr->path().filename();
+ for (int ii = 0; ii < copies; ii++)
+ cout << setw(20) << left << basename << ' '; // display filename only
+ if (is_regular_file(itr->status())) {
+// cout << " [" << file_size(itr->path()) << ']';
+ struct stat mystat;
+ string fn = p + "/" + basename;
+ int rslt = stat(fn.c_str(), &mystat);
+ if (rslt != 0){
+ cerr << progid << ": stat failed for '"
+ << fn << "' : ";
+ perror(0);
+ }
+ int mod_age = now.tv_sec - mystat.st_mtime;
+ int ac_age = now.tv_sec - mystat.st_atime;
+ cout << setw(10) << time_out(mod_age)
+ << " " << setw(10) << time_out(ac_age);
+ if (0) {
+
+ } else if (mod_age < 0) {
+ cout << " penalty";
+ } else if (mod_age < ac_age) {
+ cout << " parole";
+ } else if (mod_age - ac_age < minimum_age // early bird, or completely unused
+ && mod_age > probation) { // did not diligently resubmit
+ cout << " disprobation";
+ if (mod_age != ac_age) cout << "!";
+ } else if (mod_age < minimum_age) {
+ cout << " young";
+ if (mod_age != ac_age) cout << "!";
+ } else if (mod_age == ac_age) {
+ cout << " unused";
+ } else if (mod_age > maximum_age) {
+ cout << " expired";
+ } else {
+ cout << " OK";
+ }
+ }
+ cout << '\n';
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ // starting point is not a directory:
+ cout << (exists(p) ? "Found: " : "Not found: ") << p << '\n';
+ }
+}
diff --git a/tools/makefile b/tools/makefile
index 76df23b..f0a3f70 100644
--- a/tools/makefile
+++ b/tools/makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ qmain = pido.c hi-q.c skrewt.c hi-test.c mail-scan.c greylist.c wripper.c
qprogs = $(qmain:%.c=%)
# sources for other main programs:
-moremain = wripper.c bash-c.c
+moremain = wripper.c bash-c.c ltgrey.c
moreprogs = $(moremain:%.c=%)
-nonmain =
+nonmain = libltgrey.c
sources = $(qmain) $(moremain) $(nonmain)
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ all: $(qprogs) $(moreprogs)
show:
: --- $(qprogs) +++ $(moreprogs)
-greylist: greylist.o
+skrewt: skrewt.o
$(CC) $< -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_system -o $@
-# $(CC) $< -lboost_filesystem -o $@
+greylist: greylist.o utils.o
+ $(CC) $^ -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_system -o $@
+
+ltgrey: ltgrey.o utils.o libltgrey.o
+ $(CC) $^ -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_system -o $@
wripper: wripper.o
$(CC) $< -o $@
diff --git a/tools/qq_exit_codes.h b/tools/qq_exit_codes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2af6848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/qq_exit_codes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// error exit codes, mostly as stated in qmail.c
+#define qq_exit_codes \
+foo(good, 0) ;\
+foo(spam, 21) ;\
+foo(penaltybox, 22) ;\
+foo(badDNS, 23) ;\
+foo(usage, 39) ;\
+foo(greylisting, 70) ;\
+foo(syserr, 71) ;\
+foo(comerr, 74) ;
+
+// expand the codes to make some <const int> names:
+#define foo(name, num) const int ex_ ## name = num
+qq_exit_codes
+#undef foo
diff --git a/tools/skrewt.c b/tools/skrewt.c
index a43fd13..3fee644 100644
--- a/tools/skrewt.c
+++ b/tools/skrewt.c
@@ -37,19 +37,7 @@ void usage(const int sts){
exit(sts);
}
-// error exit codes, mostly as stated in qmail.c
-#define ErrorCodes \
-foo(good, 0) ;\
-foo(spam, 21) ;\
-foo(permerr, 31) ;\
-foo(usage, 39) ;\
-foo(greylisting, 70) ;\
-foo(syserr, 71) ;\
-foo(comerr, 74) ;
-
-#define foo(name, num) const int ex_ ## name = num
-ErrorCodes
-#undef foo
+#include "qq_exit_codes.h"
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -316,8 +304,8 @@ int main(int _argc, const char** _argv){
headrec += "\n" + noCR(line);
}
// here with a fully assembled header record
+// headrec (unlike line) contains no DOS CR characters
int len = headrec.length();
- if (len && headrec[len-1] == '\r') len--; // reduced length, not counting <cr>
if (len == 0) {
saw_blank_line = 1;
break; // no more headers in this message
@@ -351,6 +339,7 @@ int main(int _argc, const char** _argv){
if (0) if (recno <= 6) cerr << progid << "#" << recno
<< " " << headrec << endl;
}
+ if (saw_blank_line) {/* ignore */}
cerr << progid <<" Mid '" << message_id << "'" << endl;
// Headers are done.
diff --git a/tools/utils.c b/tools/utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ec6e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+//#include <stdlib.h> /* for abs() */
+#include <cmath>
+
+// strip off the directory part of a path, leaving just
+// the basic filename
+std::string basename(const std::string path){
+ size_t where = path.rfind("/");
+ if (where != std::string::npos) return path.substr(1+where);
+ return path;
+}
+
+////////////////
+// little utility to help with argument parsing:
+//
+int prefix(const std::string shorter, const std::string longer){
+ return shorter == longer.substr(0, shorter.length());
+}
+
+///////////////
+// print a time as (-)hh:mm:ss
+//
+std::string time_out(const int _ttt){
+using namespace std;
+ int ttt(abs(_ttt));
+ int sec(ttt % 60);
+ int min((ttt / 60) % 60);
+ int hr(ttt / 3600);
+ stringstream foo;
+ int didsome(0);
+ if (_ttt < 0) foo << "-";
+ if (hr) {
+ foo << hr << ":";
+ didsome++;
+ }
+ if (didsome || min){
+ foo << setw(didsome?2:1) << setfill('0') << min << ":";
+ didsome++;
+ }
+ foo << setw(didsome?2:1) << setfill('0') << sec;
+ return foo.str();
+}
diff --git a/tools/utils.h b/tools/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450db85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+std::string basename(const std::string path);
+int prefix(const std::string shorter, const std::string longer);
+std::string time_out(const int _ttt);