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diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 57ceb597f..9a9731222 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -136,3 +136,102 @@ int split_on_separator(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *str,
return EOK;
}
+
+static void free_args(char **args)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (args) {
+ for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) free(args[i]);
+ free(args);
+ }
+}
+
+/* parse a string into arguments.
+ * arguments are separated by a space
+ * '\' is an escape character and can be used only to escape
+ * itself or the white space.
+ */
+char **parse_args(const char *str)
+{
+ const char *p;
+ char **ret, **r;
+ char *tmp;
+ int num;
+ int i, e;
+
+ tmp = malloc(strlen(str) + 1);
+ if (!tmp) return NULL;
+
+ ret = NULL;
+ num = 0;
+ e = 0;
+ i = 0;
+ p = str;
+ while (*p) {
+ switch (*p) {
+ case '\\':
+ if (e) {
+ tmp[i] = '\\';
+ i++;
+ e = 0;
+ } else {
+ e = 1;
+ }
+ break;
+ case ' ':
+ if (e) {
+ tmp[i] = ' ';
+ i++;
+ e = 0;
+ } else {
+ tmp[i] = '\0';
+ i++;
+ }
+ break;
+ default:
+ if (e) {
+ tmp[i] = '\\';
+ i++;
+ e = 0;
+ }
+ tmp[i] = *p;
+ i++;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ p++;
+
+ /* check if this was the last char */
+ if (*p == '\0') {
+ if (e) {
+ tmp[i] = '\\';
+ i++;
+ e = 0;
+ }
+ tmp[i] = '\0';
+ i++;
+ }
+ if (tmp[i-1] != '\0' || strlen(tmp) == 0) {
+ /* check next char and skip multiple spaces */
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ r = realloc(ret, (num + 2) * sizeof(char *));
+ if (!r) goto fail;
+ ret = r;
+ ret[num+1] = NULL;
+ ret[num] = strdup(tmp);
+ if (!ret[num]) goto fail;
+ num++;
+ i = 0;
+ }
+
+ free(tmp);
+ return ret;
+
+fail:
+ free(tmp);
+ free_args(ret);
+ return NULL;
+}