return retval;
}
+/* Substitute all occurences of string FROM by string TO in *STRINGP. *STRINGP
+ must come from xrealloc-compatible allocator and it may be updated. FROM
+ needs to be delimited by IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (or be located at the start or
+ end of *STRINGP. */
+
+void
+substitute_path_component (char **stringp, const char *from, const char *to)
+{
+ char *string = *stringp, *s;
+ const size_t from_len = strlen (from);
+ const size_t to_len = strlen (to);
+
+ for (s = string;;)
+ {
+ s = strstr (s, from);
+ if (s == NULL)
+ break;
+
+ if ((s == string || IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (s[-1]))
+ && (s[from_len] == '\0' || IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (s[from_len])))
+ {
+ char *string_new;
+
+ string_new = xrealloc (string, (strlen (string) + to_len + 1));
+
+ /* Relocate the current S pointer. */
+ s = s - string + string_new;
+ string = string_new;
+
+ /* Replace from by to. */
+ memmove (&s[to_len], &s[from_len], strlen (&s[from_len]) + 1);
+ memcpy (s, to, to_len);
+
+ s += to_len;
+ }
+ else
+ s++;
+ }
+
+ *stringp = string;
+}
+
#ifdef HAVE_WAITPID
#ifdef SIGALRM