1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/stringop.c b/common/stringop.c
index 81d9b963..186fe121 100644
--- a/common/stringop.c
+++ b/common/stringop.c
@@ -273,6 +273,32 @@ char *join_args(char **argv, int argc) {
         return res;
 }
 
+static bool has_whitespace(const char *str) {
+        while (*str) {
+                if (isspace(*str)) {
+                        return true;
+                }
+                ++str;
+        }
+        return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add quotes around any argv with whitespaces.
+ */
+void add_quotes(char **argv, int argc) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+                if (has_whitespace(argv[i])) {
+                        int len = strlen(argv[i]) + 3;
+                        char *tmp = argv[i];
+                        argv[i] = malloc(len * sizeof(char));
+                        snprintf(argv[i], len, "\"%s\"", tmp);
+                        free(tmp);
+                }
+        }
+}
+
 /*
  * Join a list of strings, adding separator in between. Separator can be NULL.
  */