/* arg2scb( req,argc,argv,scptr ) returns the req-th argument pointed to by the argv array in the scblk provided. if req is out of range -1 is returned; otherwise the argument's length is returned. */ #include "spitblks.h" int arg2scb( req,argc,argv,scptr ) int req; int argc; char *argv[]; struct scblk *scptr; { int ch, i = 0, maxlen; register char *argcp, *scbcp; if ( (req < 0) || (req >= argc) ) return -1; argcp = argv[req]; maxlen = scptr->len - 1; scbcp = scptr->str; while ( i < maxlen ) { ch = *argcp++; if (ch == 0) break; *scbcp++ = ch; i++; } scptr->len = i; return i; }