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+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+   @file	dictionary.c
+   @author	N. Devillard
+   @date	Aug 2000
+   @version	$Revision: 1.25 $
+   @brief	Implements a dictionary for string variables.
+
+   This module implements a simple dictionary object, i.e. a list
+   of string/string associations. This object is useful to store e.g.
+   informations retrieved from a configuration file (ini files).
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+	$Id: dictionary.c,v 1.25 2007-05-27 13:03:43 ndevilla Exp $
+	$Author: ndevilla $
+	$Date: 2007-05-27 13:03:43 $
+	$Revision: 1.25 $
+*/
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "dictionary.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+/** Maximum value size for integers and doubles. */
+#define MAXVALSZ	1024
+
+/** Minimal allocated number of entries in a dictionary */
+#define DICTMINSZ	128
+
+/** Invalid key token */
+#define DICT_INVALID_KEY    ((char*)-1)
+
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  							Private functions
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* Doubles the allocated size associated to a pointer */
+/* 'size' is the current allocated size. */
+static void * mem_double(void * ptr, int size)
+{
+    void    *   newptr ;
+ 
+    newptr = calloc(2*size, 1);
+    memcpy(newptr, ptr, size);
+    free(ptr);
+    return newptr ;
+}
+
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  							Function codes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Compute the hash key for a string.
+  @param	key		Character string to use for key.
+  @return	1 unsigned int on at least 32 bits.
+
+  This hash function has been taken from an Article in Dr Dobbs Journal.
+  This is normally a collision-free function, distributing keys evenly.
+  The key is stored anyway in the struct so that collision can be avoided
+  by comparing the key itself in last resort.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+unsigned dictionary_hash(char * key)
+{
+	int			len ;
+	unsigned	hash ;
+	int			i ;
+
+	len = strlen(key);
+	for (hash=0, i=0 ; i<len ; i++) {
+		hash += (unsigned)key[i] ;
+		hash += (hash<<10);
+		hash ^= (hash>>6) ;
+	}
+	hash += (hash <<3);
+	hash ^= (hash >>11);
+	hash += (hash <<15);
+	return hash ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Create a new dictionary object.
+  @param	size	Optional initial size of the dictionary.
+  @return	1 newly allocated dictionary objet.
+
+  This function allocates a new dictionary object of given size and returns
+  it. If you do not know in advance (roughly) the number of entries in the
+  dictionary, give size=0.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+dictionary * dictionary_new(int size)
+{
+	dictionary	*	d ;
+
+	/* If no size was specified, allocate space for DICTMINSZ */
+	if (size<DICTMINSZ) size=DICTMINSZ ;
+
+	if (!(d = (dictionary *)calloc(1, sizeof(dictionary)))) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	d->size = size ;
+	d->val  = (char **)calloc(size, sizeof(char*));
+	d->key  = (char **)calloc(size, sizeof(char*));
+	d->hash = (unsigned int *)calloc(size, sizeof(unsigned));
+	return d ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Delete a dictionary object
+  @param	d	dictionary object to deallocate.
+  @return	void
+
+  Deallocate a dictionary object and all memory associated to it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void dictionary_del(dictionary * d)
+{
+	int		i ;
+
+	if (d==NULL) return ;
+	for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+		if (d->key[i]!=NULL)
+			free(d->key[i]);
+		if (d->val[i]!=NULL)
+			free(d->val[i]);
+	}
+	free(d->val);
+	free(d->key);
+	free(d->hash);
+	free(d);
+	return ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Get a value from a dictionary.
+  @param	d		dictionary object to search.
+  @param	key		Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param    def     Default value to return if key not found.
+  @return	1 pointer to internally allocated character string.
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary and returns a pointer to its
+  value, or the passed 'def' pointer if no such key can be found in
+  dictionary. The returned character pointer points to data internal to the
+  dictionary object, you should not try to free it or modify it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * dictionary_get(dictionary * d, char * key, char * def)
+{
+	unsigned	hash ;
+	int			i ;
+
+	hash = dictionary_hash(key);
+	for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        /* Compare hash */
+		if (hash==d->hash[i]) {
+            /* Compare string, to avoid hash collisions */
+            if (!strcmp(key, d->key[i])) {
+				return d->val[i] ;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return def ;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Get a value from a dictionary, as a char.
+  @param	d		dictionary object to search.
+  @param	key		Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param	def		Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return 	char	
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and returns the first char of the found string.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char dictionary_getchar(dictionary * d, char * key, char def)
+{
+	char * v ;
+
+	if ((v=dictionary_get(d,key,DICT_INVALID_KEY))==DICT_INVALID_KEY) {
+		return def ;
+	} else {
+		return v[0] ;
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Get a value from a dictionary, as an int.
+  @param	d		dictionary object to search.
+  @param	key		Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param	def		Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return	int
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and applies atoi on it to return an int. If the value cannot be found
+  in the dictionary, the default is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int dictionary_getint(dictionary * d, char * key, int def)
+{
+	char * v ;
+
+	if ((v=dictionary_get(d,key,DICT_INVALID_KEY))==DICT_INVALID_KEY) {
+		return def ;
+	} else {
+		return atoi(v);
+	}
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief		Get a value from a dictionary, as a double.
+  @param	d		dictionary object to search.
+  @param	key		Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param	def		Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return	double
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and applies atof on it to return a double. If the value cannot be found
+  in the dictionary, the default is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+double dictionary_getdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double def)
+{
+	char * v ;
+
+	if ((v=dictionary_get(d,key,DICT_INVALID_KEY))==DICT_INVALID_KEY) {
+		return def ;
+	} else {
+		return atof(v);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Set a value in a dictionary.
+  @param	d		dictionary object to modify.
+  @param	key		Key to modify or add.
+  @param	val 	Value to add.
+  @return	void
+
+  If the given key is found in the dictionary, the associated value is
+  replaced by the provided one. If the key cannot be found in the
+  dictionary, it is added to it.
+
+  It is Ok to provide a NULL value for val, but NULL values for the dictionary
+  or the key are considered as errors: the function will return immediately
+  in such a case.
+
+  Notice that if you dictionary_set a variable to NULL, a call to
+  dictionary_get will return a NULL value: the variable will be found, and
+  its value (NULL) is returned. In other words, setting the variable
+  content to NULL is equivalent to deleting the variable from the
+  dictionary. It is not possible (in this implementation) to have a key in
+  the dictionary without value.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void dictionary_set(dictionary * d, char * key, char * val)
+{
+	int			i ;
+	unsigned	hash ;
+
+	if (d==NULL || key==NULL) return ;
+	
+	/* Compute hash for this key */
+	hash = dictionary_hash(key) ;
+	/* Find if value is already in blackboard */
+	if (d->n>0) {
+		for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+            if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+                continue ;
+			if (hash==d->hash[i]) { /* Same hash value */
+				if (!strcmp(key, d->key[i])) {	 /* Same key */
+					/* Found a value: modify and return */
+					if (d->val[i]!=NULL)
+						free(d->val[i]);
+                    d->val[i] = val ? strdup(val) : NULL ;
+                    /* Value has been modified: return */
+					return ;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	/* Add a new value */
+	/* See if dictionary needs to grow */
+	if (d->n==d->size) {
+
+		/* Reached maximum size: reallocate blackboard */
+		d->val  = (char **)mem_double(d->val,  d->size * sizeof(char*)) ;
+		d->key  = (char **)mem_double(d->key,  d->size * sizeof(char*)) ;
+		d->hash = (unsigned int *)mem_double(d->hash, d->size * sizeof(unsigned)) ;
+
+		/* Double size */
+		d->size *= 2 ;
+	}
+
+    /* Insert key in the first empty slot */
+    for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]==NULL) {
+            /* Add key here */
+            break ;
+        }
+    }
+	/* Copy key */
+	d->key[i]  = strdup(key);
+    d->val[i]  = val ? strdup(val) : NULL ;
+	d->hash[i] = hash;
+	d->n ++ ;
+	return ;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Delete a key in a dictionary
+  @param	d		dictionary object to modify.
+  @param	key		Key to remove.
+  @return   void
+
+  This function deletes a key in a dictionary. Nothing is done if the
+  key cannot be found.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_unset(dictionary * d, char * key)
+{
+	unsigned	hash ;
+	int			i ;
+
+	if (key == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	hash = dictionary_hash(key);
+	for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        /* Compare hash */
+		if (hash==d->hash[i]) {
+            /* Compare string, to avoid hash collisions */
+            if (!strcmp(key, d->key[i])) {
+                /* Found key */
+                break ;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+    if (i>=d->size)
+        /* Key not found */
+        return ;
+
+    free(d->key[i]);
+    d->key[i] = NULL ;
+    if (d->val[i]!=NULL) {
+        free(d->val[i]);
+        d->val[i] = NULL ;
+    }
+    d->hash[i] = 0 ;
+    d->n -- ;
+    return ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Set a key in a dictionary, providing an int.
+  @param	d		Dictionary to update.
+  @param	key		Key to modify or add
+  @param	val		Integer value to store (will be stored as a string).
+  @return	void
+
+  This helper function calls dictionary_set() with the provided integer
+  converted to a string using %d.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+
+void dictionary_setint(dictionary * d, char * key, int val)
+{
+	char	sval[MAXVALSZ];
+	sprintf(sval, "%d", val);
+	dictionary_set(d, key, sval);
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Set a key in a dictionary, providing a double.
+  @param	d		Dictionary to update.
+  @param	key		Key to modify or add
+  @param	val		Double value to store (will be stored as a string).
+  @return	void
+
+  This helper function calls dictionary_set() with the provided double
+  converted to a string using %g.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+
+void dictionary_setdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double val)
+{
+	char	sval[MAXVALSZ];
+	sprintf(sval, "%g", val);
+	dictionary_set(d, key, sval);
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Dump a dictionary to an opened file pointer.
+  @param	d	Dictionary to dump
+  @param	f	Opened file pointer.
+  @return	void
+
+  Dumps a dictionary onto an opened file pointer. Key pairs are printed out
+  as @c [Key]=[Value], one per line. It is Ok to provide stdout or stderr as
+  output file pointers.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void dictionary_dump(dictionary * d, FILE * out)
+{
+	int		i ;
+
+	if (d==NULL || out==NULL) return ;
+	if (d->n<1) {
+		fprintf(out, "empty dictionary\n");
+		return ;
+	}
+	for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]) {
+            fprintf(out, "%20s\t[%s]\n",
+                    d->key[i],
+                    d->val[i] ? d->val[i] : "UNDEF");
+        }
+	}
+	return ;
+}
+
+
+
+/* Example code */
+#ifdef TESTDIC
+#define NVALS 20000
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	dictionary	*	d ;
+	char	*	val ;
+	int			i ;
+	char		cval[90] ;
+
+	/* allocate blackboard */
+	printf("allocating...\n");
+	d = dictionary_new(0);
+	
+	/* Set values in blackboard */
+	printf("setting %d values...\n", NVALS);
+	for (i=0 ; i<NVALS ; i++) {
+		sprintf(cval, "%04d", i);
+		dictionary_set(d, cval, "salut");
+	}
+	printf("getting %d values...\n", NVALS);
+	for (i=0 ; i<NVALS ; i++) {
+		sprintf(cval, "%04d", i);
+		val = dictionary_get(d, cval, DICT_INVALID_KEY);
+		if (val==DICT_INVALID_KEY) {
+			printf("cannot get value for key [%s]\n", cval);
+		}
+	}
+    printf("unsetting %d values...\n", NVALS);
+	for (i=0 ; i<NVALS ; i++) {
+		sprintf(cval, "%04d", i);
+		dictionary_unset(d, cval);
+	}
+    if (d->n != 0) {
+        printf("error deleting values\n");
+    }
+
+	printf("deallocating...\n");
+	dictionary_del(d);
+	return 0 ;
+}
+#endif
+/* vim: set ts=4 et sw=4 tw=75 */
diff --git a/src/dictionary.h b/src/dictionary.h
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+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+   @file    dictionary.h
+   @author  N. Devillard
+   @date    Aug 2000
+   @version $Revision: 1.11 $
+   @brief   Implements a dictionary for string variables.
+
+   This module implements a simple dictionary object, i.e. a list
+   of string/string associations. This object is useful to store e.g.
+   informations retrieved from a configuration file (ini files).
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+	$Id: dictionary.h,v 1.11 2002-06-17 09:30:46 ndevilla Exp $
+	$Author: ndevilla $
+	$Date: 2002-06-17 09:30:46 $
+	$Revision: 1.11 $
+*/
+
+#ifndef _DICTIONARY_H_
+#define _DICTIONARY_H_
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								New types
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Dictionary object
+
+  This object contains a list of string/string associations. Each
+  association is identified by a unique string key. Looking up values
+  in the dictionary is speeded up by the use of a (hopefully collision-free)
+  hash function.
+ */
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+typedef struct _dictionary_ {
+	int				n ;		/** Number of entries in dictionary */
+	int				size ;	/** Storage size */
+	char 		**	val ;	/** List of string values */
+	char 		**  key ;	/** List of string keys */
+	unsigned	 *	hash ;	/** List of hash values for keys */
+} dictionary ;
+
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  							Function prototypes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Compute the hash key for a string.
+  @param    key     Character string to use for key.
+  @return   1 unsigned int on at least 32 bits.
+
+  This hash function has been taken from an Article in Dr Dobbs Journal.
+  This is normally a collision-free function, distributing keys evenly.
+  The key is stored anyway in the struct so that collision can be avoided
+  by comparing the key itself in last resort.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+unsigned dictionary_hash(char * key);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Create a new dictionary object.
+  @param    size    Optional initial size of the dictionary.
+  @return   1 newly allocated dictionary objet.
+
+  This function allocates a new dictionary object of given size and returns
+  it. If you do not know in advance (roughly) the number of entries in the
+  dictionary, give size=0.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+dictionary * dictionary_new(int size);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Delete a dictionary object
+  @param    d   dictionary object to deallocate.
+  @return   void
+
+  Deallocate a dictionary object and all memory associated to it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_del(dictionary * vd);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get a value from a dictionary.
+  @param    d       dictionary object to search.
+  @param    key     Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param    def     Default value to return if key not found.
+  @return   1 pointer to internally allocated character string.
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary and returns a pointer to its
+  value, or the passed 'def' pointer if no such key can be found in
+  dictionary. The returned character pointer points to data internal to the
+  dictionary object, you should not try to free it or modify it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * dictionary_get(dictionary * d, char * key, char * def);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get a value from a dictionary, as a char.
+  @param    d       dictionary object to search.
+  @param    key     Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param    def     Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return   char    
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and returns the first char of the found string.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char dictionary_getchar(dictionary * d, char * key, char def) ;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get a value from a dictionary, as an int.
+  @param    d       dictionary object to search.
+  @param    key     Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param    def     Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return   int
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and applies atoi on it to return an int. If the value cannot be found
+  in the dictionary, the default is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int dictionary_getint(dictionary * d, char * key, int def);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief        Get a value from a dictionary, as a double.
+  @param    d       dictionary object to search.
+  @param    key     Key to look for in the dictionary.
+  @param    def     Default value for the key if not found.
+  @return   double
+
+  This function locates a key in a dictionary using dictionary_get,
+  and applies atof on it to return a double. If the value cannot be found
+  in the dictionary, the default is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+double dictionary_getdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double def);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Set a value in a dictionary.
+  @param    d       dictionary object to modify.
+  @param    key     Key to modify or add.
+  @param    val     Value to add.
+  @return   void
+
+  If the given key is found in the dictionary, the associated value is
+  replaced by the provided one. If the key cannot be found in the
+  dictionary, it is added to it.
+
+  It is Ok to provide a NULL value for val, but NULL values for the dictionary
+  or the key are considered as errors: the function will return immediately
+  in such a case.
+
+  Notice that if you dictionary_set a variable to NULL, a call to
+  dictionary_get will return a NULL value: the variable will be found, and
+  its value (NULL) is returned. In other words, setting the variable
+  content to NULL is equivalent to deleting the variable from the
+  dictionary. It is not possible (in this implementation) to have a key in
+  the dictionary without value.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_set(dictionary * vd, char * key, char * val);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Delete a key in a dictionary
+  @param    d       dictionary object to modify.
+  @param    key     Key to remove.
+  @return   void
+
+  This function deletes a key in a dictionary. Nothing is done if the
+  key cannot be found.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_unset(dictionary * d, char * key);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Set a key in a dictionary, providing an int.
+  @param    d       Dictionary to update.
+  @param    key     Key to modify or add
+  @param    val     Integer value to store (will be stored as a string).
+  @return   void
+
+  This helper function calls dictionary_set() with the provided integer
+  converted to a string using %d.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_setint(dictionary * d, char * key, int val);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Set a key in a dictionary, providing a double.
+  @param    d       Dictionary to update.
+  @param    key     Key to modify or add
+  @param    val     Double value to store (will be stored as a string).
+  @return   void
+
+  This helper function calls dictionary_set() with the provided double
+  converted to a string using %g.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_setdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double val);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Dump a dictionary to an opened file pointer.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to dump
+  @param    f   Opened file pointer.
+  @return   void
+
+  Dumps a dictionary onto an opened file pointer. Key pairs are printed out
+  as @c [Key]=[Value], one per line. It is Ok to provide stdout or stderr as
+  output file pointers.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void dictionary_dump(dictionary * d, FILE * out);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/iniparser.c b/src/iniparser.c
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+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+   @file    iniparser.c
+   @author  N. Devillard
+   @date    Mar 2000
+   @version $Revision: 2.17 $
+   @brief   Parser for ini files.
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+    $Id: iniparser.c,v 2.17 2007-05-27 13:03:43 ndevilla Exp $
+    $Author: ndevilla $
+    $Date: 2007-05-27 13:03:43 $
+    $Revision: 2.17 $
+*/
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "iniparser.h"
+#include "strlib.h"
+
+#define ASCIILINESZ         1024
+#define INI_INVALID_KEY     ((char*)-1)
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                        Private to this module
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* Private: add an entry to the dictionary */
+static void iniparser_add_entry(
+    dictionary * d,
+    char * sec,
+    char * key,
+    char * val)
+{
+    char longkey[2*ASCIILINESZ+1];
+
+    /* Make a key as section:keyword */
+    if (key!=NULL) {
+        sprintf(longkey, "%s:%s", sec, key);
+    } else {
+        strcpy(longkey, sec);
+    }
+
+    /* Add (key,val) to dictionary */
+    dictionary_set(d, longkey, val);
+    return ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get number of sections in a dictionary
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @return   int Number of sections found in dictionary
+
+  This function returns the number of sections found in a dictionary.
+  The test to recognize sections is done on the string stored in the
+  dictionary: a section name is given as "section" whereas a key is
+  stored as "section:key", thus the test looks for entries that do not
+  contain a colon.
+
+  This clearly fails in the case a section name contains a colon, but
+  this should simply be avoided.
+
+  This function returns -1 in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int iniparser_getnsec(dictionary * d)
+{
+    int i ;
+    int nsec ;
+
+    if (d==NULL) return -1 ;
+    nsec=0 ;
+    for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        if (strchr(d->key[i], ':')==NULL) {
+            nsec ++ ;
+        }
+    }
+    return nsec ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get name for section n in a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    n   Section number (from 0 to nsec-1).
+  @return   Pointer to char string
+
+  This function locates the n-th section in a dictionary and returns
+  its name as a pointer to a string statically allocated inside the
+  dictionary. Do not free or modify the returned string!
+
+  This function returns NULL in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * iniparser_getsecname(dictionary * d, int n)
+{
+    int i ;
+    int foundsec ;
+
+    if (d==NULL || n<0) return NULL ;
+    foundsec=0 ;
+    for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        if (strchr(d->key[i], ':')==NULL) {
+            foundsec++ ;
+            if (foundsec>n)
+                break ;
+        }
+    }
+    if (foundsec<=n) {
+        return NULL ;
+    }
+    return d->key[i] ;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Dump a dictionary to an opened file pointer.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to dump.
+  @param    f   Opened file pointer to dump to.
+  @return   void
+
+  This function prints out the contents of a dictionary, one element by
+  line, onto the provided file pointer. It is OK to specify @c stderr
+  or @c stdout as output files. This function is meant for debugging
+  purposes mostly.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void iniparser_dump(dictionary * d, FILE * f)
+{
+    int     i ;
+
+    if (d==NULL || f==NULL) return ;
+    for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+        if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+            continue ;
+        if (d->val[i]!=NULL) {
+            fprintf(f, "[%s]=[%s]\n", d->key[i], d->val[i]);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(f, "[%s]=UNDEF\n", d->key[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    return ;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Save a dictionary to a loadable ini file
+  @param    d   Dictionary to dump
+  @param    f   Opened file pointer to dump to
+  @return   void
+
+  This function dumps a given dictionary into a loadable ini file.
+  It is Ok to specify @c stderr or @c stdout as output files.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void iniparser_dump_ini(dictionary * d, FILE * f)
+{
+    int     i, j ;
+    char    keym[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    int     nsec ;
+    char *  secname ;
+    int     seclen ;
+
+    if (d==NULL || f==NULL) return ;
+
+    nsec = iniparser_getnsec(d);
+    if (nsec<1) {
+        /* No section in file: dump all keys as they are */
+        for (i=0 ; i<d->size ; i++) {
+            if (d->key[i]==NULL)
+                continue ;
+            fprintf(f, "%s = %s\n", d->key[i], d->val[i]);
+        }
+        return ;
+    }
+    for (i=0 ; i<nsec ; i++) {
+        secname = iniparser_getsecname(d, i) ;
+        seclen  = (int)strlen(secname);
+        fprintf(f, "\n[%s]\n", secname);
+        sprintf(keym, "%s:", secname);
+        for (j=0 ; j<d->size ; j++) {
+            if (d->key[j]==NULL)
+                continue ;
+            if (!strncmp(d->key[j], keym, seclen+1)) {
+                fprintf(f,
+                        "%-30s = %s\n",
+                        d->key[j]+seclen+1,
+                        d->val[j] ? d->val[j] : "");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    fprintf(f, "\n");
+    return ;
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Get the string associated to a key, return NULL if not found
+  @param    d   Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character string, or NULL.
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  NULL is returned.
+  The returned char pointer is pointing to a string allocated in
+  the dictionary, do not free or modify it.
+
+  This function is only provided for backwards compatibility with 
+  previous versions of iniparser. It is recommended to use
+  iniparser_getstring() instead.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * iniparser_getstr(dictionary * d, const char * key)
+{
+    return iniparser_getstring(d, key, NULL);
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key
+  @param    d       Dictionary to search
+  @param    key     Key string to look for
+  @param    def     Default value to return if key not found.
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character string
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the pointer passed as 'def' is returned.
+  The returned char pointer is pointing to a string allocated in
+  the dictionary, do not free or modify it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * iniparser_getstring(dictionary * d, const char * key, char * def)
+{
+    char * lc_key ;
+    char * sval ;
+
+    if (d==NULL || key==NULL)
+        return def ;
+
+    if (!(lc_key = strdup(strlwc(key)))) {
+	    return NULL;
+    }
+    sval = dictionary_get(d, lc_key, def);
+    free(lc_key);
+    return sval ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to an int
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   integer
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+
+  Supported values for integers include the usual C notation
+  so decimal, octal (starting with 0) and hexadecimal (starting with 0x)
+  are supported. Examples:
+
+  "42"      ->  42
+  "042"     ->  34 (octal -> decimal)
+  "0x42"    ->  66 (hexa  -> decimal)
+
+  Warning: the conversion may overflow in various ways. Conversion is
+  totally outsourced to strtol(), see the associated man page for overflow
+  handling.
+
+  Credits: Thanks to A. Becker for suggesting strtol()
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getint(dictionary * d, const char * key, int notfound)
+{
+    char    *   str ;
+
+    str = iniparser_getstring(d, key, INI_INVALID_KEY);
+    if (str==INI_INVALID_KEY) return notfound ;
+    return (int)strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to a double
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   double
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+double iniparser_getdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double notfound)
+{
+    char    *   str ;
+
+    str = iniparser_getstring(d, key, INI_INVALID_KEY);
+    if (str==INI_INVALID_KEY) return notfound ;
+    return atof(str);
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to a boolean
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   integer
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+
+  A true boolean is found if one of the following is matched:
+
+  - A string starting with 'y'
+  - A string starting with 'Y'
+  - A string starting with 't'
+  - A string starting with 'T'
+  - A string starting with '1'
+
+  A false boolean is found if one of the following is matched:
+
+  - A string starting with 'n'
+  - A string starting with 'N'
+  - A string starting with 'f'
+  - A string starting with 'F'
+  - A string starting with '0'
+
+  The notfound value returned if no boolean is identified, does not
+  necessarily have to be 0 or 1.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getboolean(dictionary * d, const char * key, int notfound)
+{
+    char    *   c ;
+    int         ret ;
+
+    c = iniparser_getstring(d, key, INI_INVALID_KEY);
+    if (c==INI_INVALID_KEY) return notfound ;
+    if (c[0]=='y' || c[0]=='Y' || c[0]=='1' || c[0]=='t' || c[0]=='T') {
+        ret = 1 ;
+    } else if (c[0]=='n' || c[0]=='N' || c[0]=='0' || c[0]=='f' || c[0]=='F') {
+        ret = 0 ;
+    } else {
+        ret = notfound ;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Finds out if a given entry exists in a dictionary
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to search
+  @param    entry   Name of the entry to look for
+  @return   integer 1 if entry exists, 0 otherwise
+
+  Finds out if a given entry exists in the dictionary. Since sections
+  are stored as keys with NULL associated values, this is the only way
+  of querying for the presence of sections in a dictionary.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int iniparser_find_entry(
+    dictionary  *   ini,
+    char        *   entry
+)
+{
+    int found=0 ;
+    if (iniparser_getstring(ini, entry, INI_INVALID_KEY)!=INI_INVALID_KEY) {
+        found = 1 ;
+    }
+    return found ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Set an entry in a dictionary.
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to modify.
+  @param    entry   Entry to modify (entry name)
+  @param    val     New value to associate to the entry.
+  @return   int 0 if Ok, -1 otherwise.
+
+  If the given entry can be found in the dictionary, it is modified to
+  contain the provided value. If it cannot be found, -1 is returned.
+  It is Ok to set val to NULL.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int iniparser_setstr(dictionary * ini, char * entry, char * val)
+{
+    dictionary_set(ini, strlwc(entry), val);
+    return 0 ;
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Delete an entry in a dictionary
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to modify
+  @param    entry   Entry to delete (entry name)
+  @return   void
+
+  If the given entry can be found, it is deleted from the dictionary.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void iniparser_unset(dictionary * ini, char * entry)
+{
+    dictionary_unset(ini, strlwc(entry));
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Parse an ini file and return an allocated dictionary object
+  @param    ininame Name of the ini file to read.
+  @return   Pointer to newly allocated dictionary
+
+  This is the parser for ini files. This function is called, providing
+  the name of the file to be read. It returns a dictionary object that
+  should not be accessed directly, but through accessor functions
+  instead.
+
+  The returned dictionary must be freed using iniparser_freedict().
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+dictionary * iniparser_load(const char * ininame)
+{
+    dictionary  *   d ;
+    char        lin[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    char        sec[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    char        key[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    char        val[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    char    *   where ;
+    FILE    *   ini ;
+    int         lineno ;
+
+    if ((ini=fopen(ininame, "r"))==NULL) {
+        return NULL ;
+    }
+
+    sec[0]=0;
+
+    /*
+     * Initialize a new dictionary entry
+     */
+    if (!(d = dictionary_new(0))) {
+	    fclose(ini);
+	    return NULL;
+    }
+    lineno = 0 ;
+    while (fgets(lin, ASCIILINESZ, ini)!=NULL) {
+        lineno++ ;
+        where = strskp(lin); /* Skip leading spaces */
+        if (*where==';' || *where=='#' || *where==0)
+            continue ; /* Comment lines */
+        else {
+            if (sscanf(where, "[%[^]]", sec)==1) {
+                /* Valid section name */
+                strcpy(sec, strlwc(sec));
+                iniparser_add_entry(d, sec, NULL, NULL);
+            } else if (sscanf (where, "%[^=] = \"%[^\"]\"", key, val) == 2
+                   ||  sscanf (where, "%[^=] = '%[^\']'",   key, val) == 2
+                   ||  sscanf (where, "%[^=] = %[^;#]",     key, val) == 2) {
+                strcpy(key, strlwc(strcrop(key)));
+                /*
+                 * sscanf cannot handle "" or '' as empty value,
+                 * this is done here
+                 */
+                if (!strcmp(val, "\"\"") || !strcmp(val, "''")) {
+                    val[0] = (char)0;
+                } else {
+                    strcpy(val, strcrop(val));
+                }
+                iniparser_add_entry(d, sec, key, val);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    fclose(ini);
+    return d ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Free all memory associated to an ini dictionary
+  @param    d Dictionary to free
+  @return   void
+
+  Free all memory associated to an ini dictionary.
+  It is mandatory to call this function before the dictionary object
+  gets out of the current context.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void iniparser_freedict(dictionary * d)
+{
+    dictionary_del(d);
+}
+
+/* vim: set ts=4 et sw=4 tw=75 */
diff --git a/src/iniparser.h b/src/iniparser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bbd904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iniparser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+   @file    iniparser.h
+   @author  N. Devillard
+   @date    Mar 2000
+   @version $Revision: 1.23 $
+   @brief   Parser for ini files.
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+	$Id: iniparser.h,v 1.23 2006-09-27 11:03:35 ndevilla Exp $
+	$Author: ndevilla $
+	$Date: 2006-09-27 11:03:35 $
+	$Revision: 1.23 $
+*/
+
+#ifndef _INIPARSER_H_
+#define _INIPARSER_H_
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/*
+ * The following #include is necessary on many Unixes but not Linux.
+ * It is not needed for Windows platforms.
+ * Uncomment it if needed.
+ */
+/* #include <unistd.h> */
+
+#include "dictionary.h"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get number of sections in a dictionary
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @return   int Number of sections found in dictionary
+
+  This function returns the number of sections found in a dictionary.
+  The test to recognize sections is done on the string stored in the
+  dictionary: a section name is given as "section" whereas a key is
+  stored as "section:key", thus the test looks for entries that do not
+  contain a colon.
+
+  This clearly fails in the case a section name contains a colon, but
+  this should simply be avoided.
+
+  This function returns -1 in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int iniparser_getnsec(dictionary * d);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get name for section n in a dictionary.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to examine
+  @param    n   Section number (from 0 to nsec-1).
+  @return   Pointer to char string
+
+  This function locates the n-th section in a dictionary and returns
+  its name as a pointer to a string statically allocated inside the
+  dictionary. Do not free or modify the returned string!
+
+  This function returns NULL in case of error.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * iniparser_getsecname(dictionary * d, int n);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Save a dictionary to a loadable ini file
+  @param    d   Dictionary to dump
+  @param    f   Opened file pointer to dump to
+  @return   void
+
+  This function dumps a given dictionary into a loadable ini file.
+  It is Ok to specify @c stderr or @c stdout as output files.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+void iniparser_dump_ini(dictionary * d, FILE * f);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Dump a dictionary to an opened file pointer.
+  @param    d   Dictionary to dump.
+  @param    f   Opened file pointer to dump to.
+  @return   void
+
+  This function prints out the contents of a dictionary, one element by
+  line, onto the provided file pointer. It is OK to specify @c stderr
+  or @c stdout as output files. This function is meant for debugging
+  purposes mostly.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void iniparser_dump(dictionary * d, FILE * f);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, return NULL if not found
+  @param    d   Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character string, or NULL.
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  NULL is returned.
+  The returned char pointer is pointing to a string allocated in
+  the dictionary, do not free or modify it.
+
+  This function is only provided for backwards compatibility with
+  previous versions of iniparser. It is recommended to use
+  iniparser_getstring() instead.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * iniparser_getstr(dictionary * d, const char * key);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key
+  @param    d       Dictionary to search
+  @param    key     Key string to look for
+  @param    def     Default value to return if key not found.
+  @return   pointer to statically allocated character string
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the pointer passed as 'def' is returned.
+  The returned char pointer is pointing to a string allocated in
+  the dictionary, do not free or modify it.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * iniparser_getstring(dictionary * d, const char * key, char * def);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to an int
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   integer
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+
+  Supported values for integers include the usual C notation
+  so decimal, octal (starting with 0) and hexadecimal (starting with 0x)
+  are supported. Examples:
+
+  - "42"      ->  42
+  - "042"     ->  34 (octal -> decimal)
+  - "0x42"    ->  66 (hexa  -> decimal)
+
+  Warning: the conversion may overflow in various ways. Conversion is
+  totally outsourced to strtol(), see the associated man page for overflow
+  handling.
+
+  Credits: Thanks to A. Becker for suggesting strtol()
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getint(dictionary * d, const char * key, int notfound);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to a double
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   double
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+double iniparser_getdouble(dictionary * d, char * key, double notfound);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Get the string associated to a key, convert to a boolean
+  @param    d Dictionary to search
+  @param    key Key string to look for
+  @param    notfound Value to return in case of error
+  @return   integer
+
+  This function queries a dictionary for a key. A key as read from an
+  ini file is given as "section:key". If the key cannot be found,
+  the notfound value is returned.
+
+  A true boolean is found if one of the following is matched:
+
+  - A string starting with 'y'
+  - A string starting with 'Y'
+  - A string starting with 't'
+  - A string starting with 'T'
+  - A string starting with '1'
+
+  A false boolean is found if one of the following is matched:
+
+  - A string starting with 'n'
+  - A string starting with 'N'
+  - A string starting with 'f'
+  - A string starting with 'F'
+  - A string starting with '0'
+
+  The notfound value returned if no boolean is identified, does not
+  necessarily have to be 0 or 1.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_getboolean(dictionary * d, const char * key, int notfound);
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Set an entry in a dictionary.
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to modify.
+  @param    entry   Entry to modify (entry name)
+  @param    val     New value to associate to the entry.
+  @return   int 0 if Ok, -1 otherwise.
+
+  If the given entry can be found in the dictionary, it is modified to
+  contain the provided value. If it cannot be found, -1 is returned.
+  It is Ok to set val to NULL.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int iniparser_setstr(dictionary * ini, char * entry, char * val);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Delete an entry in a dictionary
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to modify
+  @param    entry   Entry to delete (entry name)
+  @return   void
+
+  If the given entry can be found, it is deleted from the dictionary.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void iniparser_unset(dictionary * ini, char * entry);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Finds out if a given entry exists in a dictionary
+  @param    ini     Dictionary to search
+  @param    entry   Name of the entry to look for
+  @return   integer 1 if entry exists, 0 otherwise
+
+  Finds out if a given entry exists in the dictionary. Since sections
+  are stored as keys with NULL associated values, this is the only way
+  of querying for the presence of sections in a dictionary.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int iniparser_find_entry(dictionary * ini, char * entry) ;
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Parse an ini file and return an allocated dictionary object
+  @param    ininame Name of the ini file to read.
+  @return   Pointer to newly allocated dictionary
+
+  This is the parser for ini files. This function is called, providing
+  the name of the file to be read. It returns a dictionary object that
+  should not be accessed directly, but through accessor functions
+  instead.
+
+  The returned dictionary must be freed using iniparser_freedict().
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+dictionary * iniparser_load(const char * ininame);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Free all memory associated to an ini dictionary
+  @param    d Dictionary to free
+  @return   void
+
+  Free all memory associated to an ini dictionary.
+  It is mandatory to call this function before the dictionary object
+  gets out of the current context.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void iniparser_freedict(dictionary * d);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/strlib.c b/src/strlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0d85ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/strlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @file		strlib.c
+  @author	N. Devillard
+  @date		Jan 2001
+  @version	$Revision: 1.9 $
+  @brief	Various string handling routines to complement the C lib.
+
+  This modules adds a few complementary string routines usually missing
+  in the standard C library.
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+	$Id: strlib.c,v 1.9 2006-09-27 11:04:11 ndevilla Exp $
+	$Author: ndevilla $
+	$Date: 2006-09-27 11:04:11 $
+	$Revision: 1.9 $
+*/
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include "strlib.h"
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   							    Defines	
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#define ASCIILINESZ	1024
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  							Function codes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Convert a string to lowercase.
+  @param	s	String to convert.
+  @return	ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string
+  containing a lowercased version of the input string. Do not free
+  or modify the returned string! Since the returned string is statically
+  allocated, it will be modified at each function call (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * strlwc(const char * s)
+{
+    static char l[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    int i ;
+
+    if (s==NULL) return NULL ;
+    memset(l, 0, ASCIILINESZ+1);
+    i=0 ;
+    while (s[i] && i<ASCIILINESZ) {
+        l[i] = (char)tolower((int)s[i]);
+        i++ ;
+    }
+    l[ASCIILINESZ]=(char)0;
+    return l ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Convert a string to uppercase.
+  @param	s	String to convert.
+  @return	ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string
+  containing an uppercased version of the input string. Do not free
+  or modify the returned string! Since the returned string is statically
+  allocated, it will be modified at each function call (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * strupc(char * s)
+{
+    static char l[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+    int i ;
+
+    if (s==NULL) return NULL ;
+    memset(l, 0, ASCIILINESZ+1);
+    i=0 ;
+    while (s[i] && i<ASCIILINESZ) {
+        l[i] = (char)toupper((int)s[i]);
+        i++ ;
+    }
+    l[ASCIILINESZ]=(char)0;
+    return l ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Skip blanks until the first non-blank character.
+  @param	s	String to parse.
+  @return	Pointer to char inside given string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to the first non-blank character in the
+  given string.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * strskp(char * s)
+{
+    char * skip = s;
+	if (s==NULL) return NULL ;
+    while (isspace((int)*skip) && *skip) skip++;
+    return skip ;
+} 
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Remove blanks at the end of a string.
+  @param	s	String to parse.
+  @return	ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string,
+  which is identical to the input string, except that all blank
+  characters at the end of the string have been removed.
+  Do not free or modify the returned string! Since the returned string
+  is statically allocated, it will be modified at each function call
+  (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+char * strcrop(char * s)
+{
+    static char l[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+	char * last ;
+
+    if (s==NULL) return NULL ;
+    memset(l, 0, ASCIILINESZ+1);
+	strcpy(l, s);
+	last = l + strlen(l);
+	while (last > l) {
+		if (!isspace((int)*(last-1)))
+			break ;
+		last -- ;
+	}
+	*last = (char)0;
+    return l ;
+}
+
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief	Remove blanks at the beginning and the end of a string.
+  @param	s	String to parse.
+  @return	ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string,
+  which is identical to the input string, except that all blank
+  characters at the end and the beg. of the string have been removed.
+  Do not free or modify the returned string! Since the returned string
+  is statically allocated, it will be modified at each function call
+  (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strstrip(char * s)
+{
+    static char l[ASCIILINESZ+1];
+	char * last ;
+	
+    if (s==NULL) return NULL ;
+    
+	while (isspace((int)*s) && *s) s++;
+	
+	memset(l, 0, ASCIILINESZ+1);
+	strcpy(l, s);
+	last = l + strlen(l);
+	while (last > l) {
+		if (!isspace((int)*(last-1)))
+			break ;
+		last -- ;
+	}
+	*last = (char)0;
+
+	return (char*)l ;
+}
+
+/* Test code */
+#ifdef TEST
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+	char * str ;
+
+	str = "\t\tI'm a lumberkack and I'm OK      " ;
+	printf("lowercase: [%s]\n", strlwc(str));
+	printf("uppercase: [%s]\n", strupc(str));
+	printf("skipped  : [%s]\n", strskp(str));
+	printf("cropped  : [%s]\n", strcrop(str));
+	printf("stripped : [%s]\n", strstrip(str));
+
+	return 0 ;
+}
+#endif
+/* vim: set ts=4 et sw=4 tw=75 */
diff --git a/src/strlib.h b/src/strlib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd70a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/strlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @file     strlib.h
+  @author   N. Devillard
+  @date     Jan 2001
+  @version  $Revision: 1.4 $
+  @brief    Various string handling routines to complement the C lib.
+
+  This modules adds a few complementary string routines usually missing
+  in the standard C library.
+*/
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+	$Id: strlib.h,v 1.4 2006-09-27 11:04:11 ndevilla Exp $
+	$Author: ndevilla $
+	$Date: 2006-09-27 11:04:11 $
+	$Revision: 1.4 $
+*/
+
+#ifndef _STRLIB_H_
+#define _STRLIB_H_
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   								Includes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  							Function codes
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Convert a string to lowercase.
+  @param    s   String to convert.
+  @return   ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string
+  containing a lowercased version of the input string. Do not free
+  or modify the returned string! Since the returned string is statically
+  allocated, it will be modified at each function call (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strlwc(const char * s);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Convert a string to uppercase.
+  @param    s   String to convert.
+  @return   ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string
+  containing an uppercased version of the input string. Do not free
+  or modify the returned string! Since the returned string is statically
+  allocated, it will be modified at each function call (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strupc(char * s);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Skip blanks until the first non-blank character.
+  @param    s   String to parse.
+  @return   Pointer to char inside given string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to the first non-blank character in the
+  given string.
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strskp(char * s);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Remove blanks at the end of a string.
+  @param    s   String to parse.
+  @return   ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string,
+  which is identical to the input string, except that all blank
+  characters at the end of the string have been removed.
+  Do not free or modify the returned string! Since the returned string
+  is statically allocated, it will be modified at each function call
+  (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strcrop(char * s);
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/**
+  @brief    Remove blanks at the beginning and the end of a string.
+  @param    s   String to parse.
+  @return   ptr to statically allocated string.
+
+  This function returns a pointer to a statically allocated string,
+  which is identical to the input string, except that all blank
+  characters at the end and the beg. of the string have been removed.
+  Do not free or modify the returned string! Since the returned string
+  is statically allocated, it will be modified at each function call
+  (not re-entrant).
+ */
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * strstrip(char * s) ;
+
+#endif