misc.c

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/*      misc.c - Miscellaneous stuff for cron           Author: Kees J. Bot
 *                                                              12 Jan 1997
 */
#define nil ((void*)0)
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "misc.h"

char *prog_name;                /* Name of this program. */
time_t now;                     /* Cron's idea of the current time. */
time_t next;                    /* Time to run the next job. */

size_t alloc_count;             /* # Of chunks of memory allocated. */

void *allocate(size_t len)
/* Checked malloc().  Better not feed it length 0. */
{
        void *mem;

        if ((mem= malloc(len)) == nil) {
                log(LOG_ALERT, "Out of memory, exiting\n");
                exit(1);
        }
        alloc_count++;
        return mem;
}

void deallocate(void *mem)
{
        if (mem != nil) {
                free(mem);
                alloc_count--;
        }
}

static enum logto logto= SYSLOG;

void selectlog(enum logto where)
/* Select where logging output should go, syslog or stdout. */
{
        logto= where;
}

void log(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
/* Like syslog(), but may go to stderr. */
{
        va_list ap;

        va_start(ap, fmt);

#if __minix_vmd || !__minix
        if (logto == SYSLOG) {
                vsyslog(level, fmt, ap);
        } else
#endif
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", prog_name);
                vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
        }
        va_end(ap);
}

/*
 * $PchId: misc.c,v 1.3 2000/07/17 19:01:57 philip Exp $
 */

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