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+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_CAREFUULPUTC_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_CAREFUULPUTC_H
+
+/*
+ * A putc() for use in write and wall (that sometimes are sgid tty).
+ * It avoids control characters in our locale, and also ASCII control
+ * characters.   Note that the locale of the recipient is unknown.
+*/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+static inline int fputc_careful(int c, FILE *fp, const char fail)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (isprint(c) || c == '\a' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' || c == '\n')
+		ret = putc(c, fp);
+	else if (!isascii(c))
+		ret = fprintf(fp, "\\%3o", (unsigned char)c);
+	else {
+		ret = putc(fail, fp);
+		if (ret != EOF)
+			ret = putc(c ^ 0x40, fp);
+	}
+	return (ret < 0) ? EOF : 0;
+}
+
+static inline void fputs_quoted(const char *data, FILE *out)
+{
+	const char *p;
+
+	fputc('"', out);
+	for (p = data; p && *p; p++) {
+		if ((unsigned char) *p == 0x22 ||		/* " */
+		    (unsigned char) *p == 0x5c ||		/* \ */
+		    (unsigned char) *p == 0x60 ||		/* ` */
+		    (unsigned char) *p == 0x24 ||		/* $ */
+		    !isprint((unsigned char) *p) ||
+		    iscntrl((unsigned char) *p)) {
+
+			fprintf(out, "\\x%02x", (unsigned char) *p);
+		} else
+			fputc(*p, out);
+	}
+	fputc('"', out);
+}
+
+static inline void fputs_nonblank(const char *data, FILE *out)
+{
+	const char *p;
+
+	for (p = data; p && *p; p++) {
+		if (isblank((unsigned char) *p) ||
+		    (unsigned char) *p == 0x5c ||		/* \ */
+		    !isprint((unsigned char) *p) ||
+		    iscntrl((unsigned char) *p)) {
+
+			fprintf(out, "\\x%02x", (unsigned char) *p);
+
+		} else
+			fputc(*p, out);
+	}
+}
+
+
+#endif  /*  _CAREFUULPUTC_H  */