scanargs.c File Reference

Command-line argument parsing utilities for handling options and arguments. More...

#include "scan.h"
#include "mdb.h"
#include "SDDS.h"

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Macros
#define	DEBUG   0
#define	COMMAS_SEPARATE_FILENAMES   0
#define	ITEMS_BUFSIZE   10

Functions
int	parseList (char ***list, char *string)
long	add_file_arguments (int argc, char **argv, char ***argvNew)
int	parse_string (char ***list, char *string)
int	scanargs (SCANNED_ARG **scanned, int argc, char **argv)
int	scanargsg (SCANNED_ARG **scanned, int argc, char **argv)
void	prompt_for_arguments (int *argc, char ***argv)
long	processPipeOption (char **item, long items, unsigned long *flags)
void	processFilenames (char *programName, char **input, char **output, unsigned long pipeFlags, long noWarnings, long *tmpOutputUsed)
void	free_scanargs (SCANNED_ARG **scanned, int argc)

Detailed Description

Command-line argument parsing utilities for handling options and arguments.

Definition in file scanargs.c.

Macro Definition Documentation

COMMAS_SEPARATE_FILENAMES

#define COMMAS_SEPARATE_FILENAMES   0

Definition at line 14 of file scanargs.c.

DEBUG

#define DEBUG   0

Definition at line 13 of file scanargs.c.

ITEMS_BUFSIZE

#define ITEMS_BUFSIZE   10

Definition at line 220 of file scanargs.c.

Function Documentation

add_file_arguments()

long add_file_arguments	(	int	argc,
		char **	argv,
		char ***	argvNew )

Definition at line 455 of file scanargs.c.

                                                                {
  long iarg, isSDDS, dataIndex = 0, comment = 0;
  int64_t iNew, argcMax;
  FILE *fp;
  char buffer[16384], *ptr, *filename, *class, *dataName = NULL;
  int isParameter = 0;
  SDDS_DATASET SDDSinput;
  char *classOption[2] = {
    "column", "parameter"};
 
  *argvNew = tmalloc(sizeof(**argvNew) * argc);
  argcMax = argc;
  iNew = 0;
  for (iarg = 0; iarg < argc; iarg++) {
    if (comment) {
      if ((argv[iarg][0] == '=') && (strlen(argv[iarg]) == 1)) {
        comment = 0;
      }
      continue;
    }
    if (argv[iarg][0] == '@' && argv[iarg][1] == '@') {
      isSDDS = 0;
      if ((ptr = strchr(filename = argv[iarg] + 2, ',')) && *(ptr - 1) != '\\') {
        *ptr = 0;
        if (!SDDS_InitializeInput(&SDDSinput, filename)) {
          *ptr = ',';
        } else {
          isSDDS = 1;
          class = ptr + 1;
          if (!(ptr = strchr(class, '='))) {
            *ptr = ',';
            fprintf(stderr, "Bad argument file option: %s (%s)\n", argv[iarg] + 2, argv[0]);
            exit(1);
          }
          dataName = ptr + 1;
          switch (match_string(class, classOption, 2, 0)) {
          case 0:
            /* column */
            isParameter = 0;
            break;
          case 1:
            /* parameter */
            isParameter = 1;
            break;
          default:
            fprintf(stderr, "Bad argument file option: %s (%s)\n", argv[iarg] + 2, argv[0]);
            exit(1);
            break;
          }
          if ((isParameter && (dataIndex = SDDS_GetParameterIndex(&SDDSinput, dataName)) < 0) || (!isParameter && (dataIndex = SDDS_GetColumnIndex(&SDDSinput, dataName)) < 0)) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s %s not found in file %s (%s)\n", isParameter ? "parameter" : "column", dataName, filename, argv[0]);
            exit(1);
          }
          if ((isParameter && SDDS_GetParameterType(&SDDSinput, dataIndex) != SDDS_STRING) || (!isParameter && SDDS_GetColumnType(&SDDSinput, dataIndex) != SDDS_STRING)) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s %s in file %s is not string type (%s)\n", isParameter ? "parameter" : "column", dataName, filename, argv[0]);
            exit(1);
          }
        }
      }
      if (!fexists(filename)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "error: argument file not found: %s (%s)\n", filename, argv[0]);
        exit(1);
      }
      if (!isSDDS) {
        if (!(fp = fopen(filename, "r"))) {
          fprintf(stderr, "couldn't read argument file: %s\n", filename);
          exit(1);
        }
        while (fgets(buffer, 16384, fp)) {
          buffer[strlen(buffer) - 1] = 0;
          if (!strlen(buffer))
            continue;
          if (iNew >= argcMax) {
            *argvNew = trealloc(*argvNew, sizeof(**argvNew) * (argcMax = iNew + 10));
          }
          delete_chars(buffer, "\"");
          SDDS_CopyString((*argvNew) + iNew, buffer);
          iNew++;
        }
        fclose(fp);
      } else {
        if (!isParameter) {
          while (SDDS_ReadPage(&SDDSinput) > 0) {
            char **column;
            int64_t iRow, rows;
            if ((rows = SDDS_CountRowsOfInterest(&SDDSinput)) <= 0)
              continue;
            if (!(column = SDDS_GetColumn(&SDDSinput, dataName)))
              SDDS_PrintErrors(stderr, SDDS_VERBOSE_PrintErrors | SDDS_EXIT_PrintErrors);
            if ((iNew + rows) >= argcMax)
              *argvNew = trealloc(*argvNew, sizeof(**argvNew) * (argcMax = iNew + rows + 1));
            for (iRow = 0; iRow < rows; iRow++) {
              delete_chars(column[iRow], "\"");
              (*argvNew)[iNew] = column[iRow];
              iNew++;
            }
            free(column);
          }
        } else {
          while (SDDS_ReadPage(&SDDSinput) > 0) {
            char *parameter;
            if (!SDDS_GetParameter(&SDDSinput, dataName, &parameter))
              SDDS_PrintErrors(stderr, SDDS_VERBOSE_PrintErrors | SDDS_EXIT_PrintErrors);
            if (iNew >= argcMax)
              *argvNew = trealloc(*argvNew, sizeof(**argvNew) * (argcMax = argcMax + 10));
            (*argvNew)[iNew] = parameter;
            iNew++;
          }
        }
        SDDS_Terminate(&SDDSinput);
      }
    } else if ((argv[iarg][0] == '=') && (strlen(argv[iarg]) == 1)) {
      comment = 1;
    } else {
      if (iNew >= argcMax)
        *argvNew = trealloc(*argvNew, sizeof(**argvNew) * (argcMax = argcMax + 10));
      SDDS_CopyString((*argvNew) + iNew, argv[iarg]);
      iNew++;
    }
  }
  return iNew;
}

free_scanargs()

void free_scanargs	(	SCANNED_ARG **	scanned,
		int	argc )

Frees the memory allocated by scanargs or scanargsg functions.

Parameters

[in,out]	scanned	Pointer to the array of scanned arguments to free; set to NULL on return.
[in]	argc	The number of arguments in the scanned array.

Definition at line 584 of file scanargs.c.

                                                    {
  int i, i_store;
  if (*scanned) {
    for (i_store = 0; i_store < argc; i_store++) {
      if ((*scanned)[i_store].list) {
        for (i = 0; i < (*scanned)[i_store].n_items; i++) {
          if ((*scanned)[i_store].list[i]) {
            free((*scanned)[i_store].list[i]);
            (*scanned)[i_store].list[i] = NULL;
          }
        }
        free((*scanned)[i_store].list);
        (*scanned)[i_store].list = NULL;
      }
    }
    free(*scanned);
    *scanned = NULL;
  }
}

parse_string()

int parse_string	(	char ***	list,
		char *	string )

Definition at line 605 of file scanargs.c.

                                             {
  char *ptr = NULL, *ptr1, *ptr2, *buffer;
  int n_items = 0;
 
  cp_str(&buffer, string);
  *list = NULL;
  do {
    if (ptr)
      free(ptr);
    ptr = NULL;
    while ((ptr = get_token_tq(buffer, " ", " ", "\"", "\""))) {
      if (*ptr == '&')
        break;
      ptr1 = ptr2 = ptr;
      while (*ptr1) {
        if (*ptr1 == '"') {
          if (*(ptr1 + 1) == '"') {
            ptr1++;
            while (*ptr1 == '"')
              ptr1++;
          } else {
            while (*ptr1 != '"')
              *ptr2++ = *ptr1++;
            ptr1++;
          }
        } else
          *ptr2++ = *ptr1++;
      }
      *ptr2 = 0;
      *list = trealloc(*list, sizeof(**list) * (n_items + 1));
      cp_str(&(*list)[n_items], ptr);
      /*   (*list)[n_items] = ptr; */
      n_items++;
      if (ptr)
        free(ptr);
      ptr = NULL;
    }
  } while (ptr && *ptr == '&');
  if (ptr)
    free(ptr);
  ptr = NULL;
  if (buffer)
    free(buffer);
  return (n_items);
}

parseList()

int parseList	(	char ***	list,
		char *	string )

Definition at line 222 of file scanargs.c.

                                          {
  static char **items = NULL;
  char *ptr, *ptr1, *ptr2, last_char;
  int i, n_items, depth;
  static int items_max = 0;
 
  n_items = 0;
 
  if (*(ptr = string) == 0) {
    *list = 0;
    return (0);
  }
  do {
    ptr1 = ptr;
#if DEBUG
    printf("ptr1 = \"%s\"\n", ptr1);
#endif
    if (*ptr1 == '(' && (ptr1 == ptr || *(ptr1 - 1) != '\\')) {
      /* this item starts with a (  so search for the matching ")," or ")\0"
         to find the end of the item 
          */
      ptr = ++ptr1;
      while (*ptr1 && !(*ptr1 == ')' && *(ptr1 - 1) != '\\' && (*(ptr1 + 1) == ',' || *(ptr1 + 1) == 0)))
        ptr1++;
      if (*(ptr1 + 1) == ',')
        *ptr1++ = 0;
    } else {
      while (*ptr1 && !(*ptr1 == ',' && (ptr1 == ptr || *(ptr1 - 1) != '\\'))) {
        if (*ptr1 == '=' && *(ptr1 + 1) == '(') {
          /* if this option contains =( or (, then search for matching ), and remove the boundary parentheses */
          if (*ptr1 == '=') {
            ptr2 = ptr1 + 1;
          } else {
            ptr2 = ptr1;
          }
          ptr1 = ptr2 + 1;
          depth = 1;
          while (*ptr1 && depth) {
            if (*ptr1 == '(' && *(ptr1 - 1) != '\\') {
              depth += 1;
            } else if (*ptr1 == ')' && *(ptr1 - 1) != '\\')
              depth -= 1;
            ptr1++;
          }
          if (depth == 0) {
            if (*ptr1 == ',' || *ptr1 == 0) {
              strslide(ptr1 - 1, -1);
              strslide(ptr2, -1);
              ptr1 -= 2;
            }
          }
        } else {
          ptr1++;
        }
      }
    }
    last_char = *ptr1;
    *ptr1 = 0;
    if (n_items >= items_max)
      items = trealloc(items, sizeof(*items) * (items_max += ITEMS_BUFSIZE));
#if DEBUG
    printf("item = \"%s\"\n", ptr);
#endif
    items[n_items++] = ptr;
    if (last_char)
      ptr = ptr1 + 1;
  } while (*ptr && last_char);
  if (last_char == ',')
    items[n_items++] = ptr;
 
  *list = tmalloc((unsigned)sizeof(ptr) * n_items);
  for (i = 0; i < n_items; i++) {
    ptr = items[i];
    while (*ptr) {
      if (*ptr == '\\' && (*(ptr + 1) == ',' || *(ptr + 1) == '"' || *(ptr + 1) == '(' || *(ptr + 1) == ')'))
        strcpy_ss(ptr, ptr + 1);
      ptr++;
    }
    *(*list + i) = tmalloc((unsigned)strlen(items[i]) + 1);
    strcpy(*(*list + i), items[i]);
  }
  return (n_items);
}

processFilenames()

void processFilenames	(	char *	programName,
		char **	input,
		char **	output,
		unsigned long	pipeFlags,
		long	noWarnings,
		long *	tmpOutputUsed )

Processes input and output filenames, handling defaults and temporary files if necessary.

Parameters

[in]	programName	Name of the program, used in error messages.
[in,out]	input	Pointer to the input filename; may be modified.
[in,out]	output	Pointer to the output filename; may be modified.
[in]	pipeFlags	Flags indicating input/output redirection options.
[in]	noWarnings	Non-zero to suppress warning messages.
[out]	tmpOutputUsed	Pointer to a flag that indicates whether a temporary output file is used.

Definition at line 390 of file scanargs.c.

                                                                                                                                     {
  char *unpackedName;
  char *tempName;
  if (tmpOutputUsed)
    *tmpOutputUsed = 0;
  if (!(*input)) {
    if (pipeFlags & DEFAULT_STDIN)
      pipeFlags |= USE_STDIN;
    if (!(pipeFlags & USE_STDIN)) {
      fprintf(stderr, "error: too few filenames (%s)\n", programName);
      exit(1);
    }
  }
  if (*input && pipeFlags & USE_STDIN) {
    if (!*output) {
      *output = *input;
      *input = NULL;
    } else {
      fprintf(stderr, "error: too many filenames (%s)\n", programName);
      fprintf(stderr, "       offending argument is %s\n", *output);
      exit(1);
    }
  }
 
  if (*output && pipeFlags & USE_STDOUT) {
    fprintf(stderr, "error: too many filenames (%s)\n", programName);
    fprintf(stderr, "       offending argument is %s\n", *output);
    exit(1);
  }
  if (!*output && pipeFlags & DEFAULT_STDOUT)
    pipeFlags |= USE_STDOUT;
 
  if ((*input && *output && strcmp(*input, *output) == 0) || (!*output && !(pipeFlags & USE_STDOUT))) {
    if (!*input) {
      fprintf(stderr, "error: no output filename---give output filename or -pipe=output (%s)\n", programName);
      exit(1);
    }
    if (!tmpOutputUsed) {
      fprintf(stderr, "error: input and output are identical (%s)\n", programName);
      exit(1);
    }
    if (PackSuffixType(*input, &unpackedName, UNPACK_REQUIRE_SDDS) >= 0) {
      if (!unpackedName || !strlen(unpackedName)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "error: can't unpack %s---name too short for automatic name generation (%s)\n", *input, programName);
        exit(1);
      } else if (fexists(unpackedName)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "error: can't unpack %s and create %s---%s exists (%s)\n", *input, unpackedName, unpackedName, programName);
        exit(1);
      } else if (!noWarnings)
        fprintf(stderr, "warning: creating new file %s while leaving compressed file %s intact (%s)\n", unpackedName, *input, programName);
      *tmpOutputUsed = 0;
      cp_str(output, unpackedName);
    } else {
      *tmpOutputUsed = 1;
      tempName = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(*input) + 11));
      sprintf(tempName, "%s.tmpXXXXXX", *input);
      cp_str(output, mktempOAG(tempName));
      free(tempName);
      /*cp_str(output, tmpname(NULL)); */
      if (!noWarnings)
        fprintf(stderr, "warning: existing file %s will be replaced (%s)\n", *input, programName);
    }
  }
}

processPipeOption()

long processPipeOption	(	char **	item,
		long	items,
		unsigned long *	flags )

Processes the pipe option for input/output redirection.

Parameters

[in]	item	Array of option items to process.
[in]	items	Number of items in the array.
[out]	flags	Pointer to an unsigned long where the pipe flags will be stored.

Returns

Non-zero on success, zero on failure.

Definition at line 356 of file scanargs.c.

                                                                      {
  char *keyword[2] = {"input", "output"};
  long i;
 
  *flags = 0;
  if (items < 1) {
    *flags = USE_STDIN + USE_STDOUT;
    return 1;
  }
  for (i = 0; i < items; i++) {
    switch (match_string(item[i], keyword, 2, 0)) {
    case 0:
      *flags |= USE_STDIN;
      break;
    case 1:
      *flags |= USE_STDOUT;
      break;
    default:
      return 0;
    }
  }
  return 1;
}

prompt_for_arguments()

void prompt_for_arguments	(	int *	argc,
		char ***	argv )

Definition at line 306 of file scanargs.c.

                                                   {
  char *ptr, **cmd_line_arg;
  char *ptr1, *ptr2;
  char buffer[1024];
  int maxargs, i;
 
  /* copy command-line arguments into new argv array */
  cmd_line_arg = *argv;
  *argv = tmalloc(sizeof(**argv) * (maxargs = (*argc > 10 ? *argc : 10)));
  for (i = 0; i < *argc; i++)
    (*argv)[i] = cmd_line_arg[i];
  tfree(cmd_line_arg);
 
  do {
    fgets(buffer, 1024, stdin);
    buffer[strlen(buffer) - 1] = 0;
    while ((ptr = get_token_tq(buffer, " ", " ", "\"", "\""))) {
      if (*ptr == '&')
        break;
      ptr1 = ptr2 = ptr;
      while (*ptr1) {
        if (*ptr1 == '"') {
          if (*(ptr1 + 1) == '"') {
            ptr1++;
            while (*ptr1 == '"')
              ptr1++;
          } else {
            while (*ptr1 != '"')
              *ptr2++ = *ptr1++;
            ptr1++;
          }
        } else
          *ptr2++ = *ptr1++;
      }
      *ptr2 = 0;
      if (*argc == maxargs)
        *argv = trealloc(*argv, sizeof(**argv) * (maxargs += 10));
      (*argv)[(*argc)++] = ptr;
    }
  } while (ptr && *ptr == '&');
}

scanargs()

int scanargs	(	SCANNED_ARG **	scanned,
		int	argc,
		char **	argv )

Scans and parses command-line arguments into options and argument lists.

Parameters

[out]	scanned	Pointer to an array where the parsed arguments will be stored.
[in]	argc	The number of command-line arguments.
[in]	argv	The array of command-line arguments.

Returns

The number of parsed arguments stored in 'scanned'.

Definition at line 36 of file scanargs.c.

                                                           {
  SCANNED_ARG *sc_arg_ptr;
  int i, i_store, argLimit;
  char *ptr, *arg;
  char **argvNew;
  void prompt_for_arguments(int *argc, char ***argv);
#if !defined(UNIX) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(vxWorks)
  FILE *fp;
#endif
  argvNew = NULL;
 
  if (argc >= 2) {
    if (argv[argc - 1][0] == '&') {
      /* prompt for arguments from command line--continuation character is & */
      argc--;
      prompt_for_arguments(&argc, &argv);
    }
  }
 
  if (argc >= 1) {
    argc = add_file_arguments(argc, argv, &argvNew);
    argv = argvNew;
  }
 
#if DEBUG
  printf("%ld argv strings:\n", argc);
  for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
    printf("%ld: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
#endif
 
  sc_arg_ptr = tmalloc((unsigned)argc * sizeof(*sc_arg_ptr));
  *scanned = sc_arg_ptr;
  arg = tmalloc(sizeof(*arg) * (argLimit = 1024));
#if 0
  ptr = 2000;           /*this is useless statement to force the compiler to allocate memory for ptr. */
#endif
  for (i = i_store = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    if ((long)strlen(argv[i]) > argLimit - 1)
      arg = trealloc(arg, sizeof(*arg) * (argLimit = 2 * strlen(argv[i])));
    strcpy(arg, argv[i]);
    interpret_escapes(arg);
    if (arg[0] == '-') {
      /* it's an option or switch: "-key[=item1[,item2]...]".  / may be subsituted
       * for -, and : or , may be substituted for = */
      sc_arg_ptr[i_store].arg_type = OPTION;
      ptr = arg;
      while (*ptr && (*ptr != '=' && *ptr != ':' && *ptr != ','))
        ptr++;
      if (*ptr == '=' || *ptr == ':' || *ptr == ',') {
        /* there's a list of items. separate list into an array
           * with the key in the first position */
        *ptr = ',';
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].n_items = parseList(&(sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list), arg + 1);
      } else if (ptr - arg > 1) {
        /* no list, just scan key */
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].n_items = parseList(&(sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list), arg + 1);
      } else {
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].n_items = 0;
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list = tmalloc(sizeof(*sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list) * 1);
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list[0] = tmalloc(sizeof(**sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list));
        sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list[0][0] = 0;
      }
      i_store++;
    }
#if !defined(UNIX) && !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(vxWorks)
    /* Set up IO redirection for non-UNIX platforms.
       * Used to work on VMS, still may...
       */
    else if (arg[0] == '>') {
      /* output redirection */
      if (arg[1] == '>') {
        if ((fp = fopen(arg + 2, "a+")) == NULL) {
          printf("unable to open %s for appending\n", arg + 2);
          exit(1);
        }
      } else {
        if ((fp = fopen(arg + 1, "w")) == NULL) {
          printf("unable to open %s for writing\n", arg + 1);
          exit(1);
        }
      }
      /* for other systems, may need to make a different assignment */
      stdout = fp;
    } else if (arg[0] == '<') {
      /* input redirection */
      if ((fp = fopen(arg + 1, "r")) == NULL) {
        printf("unable to open %s for reading\n", arg + 1);
        exit(1);
      }
      /* for other systems, may need to make a different assignment */
      stdin = fp;
    }
#endif
    else {
      /* not an option or switch */
      sc_arg_ptr[i_store].arg_type = A_LIST;
#if COMMAS_SEPARATE_FILENAMES
      sc_arg_ptr[i_store].n_items = parseList(&(sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list), arg);
#else
      sc_arg_ptr[i_store].n_items = 1;
      sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list = tmalloc(sizeof(*sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list) * 1);
      cp_str(&sc_arg_ptr[i_store].list[0], arg);
#endif
      i_store++;
    }
  }
 
  if (argvNew) {
    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
      if (argvNew[i])
        free(argvNew[i]);
    }
    free(argvNew);
  }
  if (arg)
    free(arg);
  return i_store;
}

scanargsg()

int scanargsg	(	SCANNED_ARG **	scanned,
		int	argc,
		char **	argv )

Scans and parses command-line arguments, expanding any wildcard or list arguments.

Parameters

[out]	scanned	Pointer to an array where the parsed arguments will be stored.
[in]	argc	The number of command-line arguments.
[in]	argv	The array of command-line arguments.

Returns

The number of parsed arguments stored in 'scanned'.

Definition at line 163 of file scanargs.c.

                                                            {
  int i, j;
  int n_items;
#ifdef VAX_VMS
  int *origin;
#endif
  char **list;
 
  /* first get the command-line arguments and parse them into the
     SCANNED_ARG format */
  argc = scanargs(scanned, argc, argv);
 
  /* go through and find any non-option arguments with lists or wildcards */
  for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    if ((*scanned)[i].arg_type != OPTION) {
      if ((*scanned)[i].n_items != 1) {
        /* turn each element of the list into a separate argument */
        list = (*scanned)[i].list;
        n_items = (*scanned)[i].n_items;
        *scanned = trealloc(*scanned, sizeof(**scanned) * (argc + n_items - 1));
        for (j = argc - 1; j > i; j--) {
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].list = (*scanned)[j].list;
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].n_items = (*scanned)[j].n_items;
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].arg_type = (*scanned)[j].arg_type;
        }
        for (j = 0; j < n_items; j++) {
          (*scanned)[i + j].arg_type = A_LIST;
          (*scanned)[i + j].n_items = 1;
          (*scanned)[i + j].list = tmalloc(sizeof(char **));
          (*scanned)[i + j].list[0] = list[j];
        }
        argc += n_items - 1;
      }
#ifdef VAX_VMS
      if (HAS_WILDCARDS((*scanned)[i].list[0])) {
        list = wild_list(&n_items, &origin, (*scanned)[i].list, 1);
        *scanned = trealloc(*scanned, sizeof(**scanned) * (argc + n_items - 1));
        for (j = argc - 1; j > i; j--) {
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].list = (*scanned)[j].list;
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].n_items = (*scanned)[j].n_items;
          (*scanned)[j + n_items - 1].arg_type = (*scanned)[j].arg_type;
        }
        for (j = 0; j < n_items; j++) {
          (*scanned)[i + j].arg_type = A_LIST;
          (*scanned)[i + j].n_items = 1;
          (*scanned)[i + j].list = tmalloc(sizeof(char **));
          (*scanned)[i + j].list[0] = list[j];
        }
        argc += n_items - 1;
        i += n_items - 1;
      }
#endif
    }
  }
  return (argc);
}