5 files changed, 16 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/tools/mail-scan.c b/tools/mail-scan.c
index 3100ab6..0ed7465 100644
--- a/tools/mail-scan.c
+++ b/tools/mail-scan.c
@@ -80,18 +80,6 @@ void exeunt(const int sts){
   exit(sts);
 }
 
-string join(const string sep, list<string> stuff){
-  string rslt;
-  if (!stuff.size()) return rslt;
-  list<string>::const_iterator ptr = stuff.begin();
-  rslt = *ptr++;
-  for (; ptr != stuff.end(); ptr++){
-    rslt += sep;
-    rslt += *ptr;
-  }
-  return rslt;
-}
-
 class watcher {
 public:
   string key;
@@ -115,6 +103,7 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main(int _argc, const char** _argv){
 ////  pid_t pid = getpid();
diff --git a/tools/skrewt.c b/tools/skrewt.c
index 540b1cf..8c07974 100644
--- a/tools/skrewt.c
+++ b/tools/skrewt.c
@@ -117,16 +117,6 @@ void parse_content(const string type_spec_line,
   }
 }
 
-string join(const string sep, const list<string> stuff){
-  string rslt;
-  for (list<string>::const_iterator ptr = stuff.begin();
-        ptr != stuff.end(); ptr++){
-    if (rslt.length()) rslt += sep;
-    rslt += *ptr;
-  }
-  return rslt;
-}
-
 class skrewt{
 public:
   string received_from;         // envelope HELO among other things
diff --git a/tools/utils.c b/tools/utils.c
index 6dbbff4..691070e 100644
--- a/tools/utils.c
+++ b/tools/utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include <string>
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <stdlib.h>     /* for abs() */
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 /////                   due to lack of interger abs()
 /////                   and ambiguous (and inefficient) promotion
 #include <ctype.h>      /* for isalnum() */
-using namespace std;
 
+using namespace std;
 
 // strip off the directory part of a path, leaving just
 // the basic filename
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ int prefix(const string shorter, const string longer){
 // print a time as (-)hh:mm:ss
 //
 string time_out(const int _ttt){
-using namespace std;
   int ttt(abs(_ttt));
   int sec(ttt % 60);
   int min((ttt / 60) % 60);
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ string trim(const string foo, const string bar){
 static const string Pure_Enough("+-_.,@%~");
 
 string purify(const string arg){
-  using namespace std;
   string rslt(arg);
   for (string::iterator ptr = rslt.begin();
         ptr != rslt.end(); ptr++){
@@ -115,3 +113,14 @@ string noCR(const string bar){
   }
   return foo;
 }
+
+// sorta like Perl's join(...)
+string join(const string sep, const list<string> stuff){
+  string rslt;
+  for (list<string>::const_iterator ptr = stuff.begin();
+        ptr != stuff.end(); ptr++){
+    if (rslt.length()) rslt += sep;
+    rslt += *ptr;
+  }
+  return rslt;
+}
diff --git a/tools/utils.h b/tools/utils.h
index 77cff5e..1e6ac9d 100644
--- a/tools/utils.h
+++ b/tools/utils.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
+#include <iostream>
 
 std::string noCR(const std::string bar);
 int cmp_casefold(const std::string& a, const std::string& b);
+std::string join(const std::string sep, const std::list<std::string> stuff);
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Case insensitive comparison of strings
diff --git a/tools/ward.c b/tools/ward.c
index 8be9f70..56e626d 100644
--- a/tools/ward.c
+++ b/tools/ward.c
@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ int mypid;
 
 #include "libskrewt.h"
 
-string join(const string sep, const list<string> stuff){
-  string rslt;
-  for (list<string>::const_iterator ptr = stuff.begin();
-        ptr != stuff.end(); ptr++){
-    if (rslt.length()) rslt += sep;
-    rslt += *ptr;
-  }
-  return rslt;
-}
-
 class skrewt{
 public:
   string received_from;         // envelope HELO among other things