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-rw-r--r--wmiistatus.c32
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/wmiistatus.c b/wmiistatus.c
index 1c9360f..afd3965 100644
--- a/wmiistatus.c
+++ b/wmiistatus.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* Generates a status line for use with wmii or other minimal window managers
*
*
- * Copyright (c) 2008 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ static void create_file(const char *name) {
(void)close(fd);
}
+/*
+ * Waits until wmii_path/rbar exists (= the filesystem gets mounted),
+ * cleans up all files and creates the needed files
+ *
+ */
static void setup(void) {
unsigned int i;
struct stat statbuf;
@@ -191,6 +196,11 @@ void die(const char *fmt, ...) {
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
+/*
+ * Skip the given character for maximum 'amount' times, returns
+ * a pointer to the first non-'character' character in 'input'.
+ *
+ */
static char *skip_character(char *input, char character, int amount) {
char *walk;
size_t len = strlen(input);
@@ -204,8 +214,9 @@ static char *skip_character(char *input, char character, int amount) {
}
/*
- * Get battery information from /sys. Note that it uses the design capacity to calculate the percentage,
- * not the full capacity.
+ * Get battery information from /sys. Note that it uses the design capacity to
+ * calculate the percentage, not the last full capacity, so you can see how
+ * worn off your battery is.
*
*/
static char *get_battery_info() {
@@ -317,13 +328,19 @@ static char *get_wireless_info() {
return part;
}
+/*
+ * Return the IP address for the given interface or "no IP" if the
+ * interface is up and running but hasn't got an IP address yet
+ *
+ */
static const char *get_ip_address(const char *interface) {
static char part[512];
struct ifreq ifr;
int fd;
memset(part, 0, sizeof(part));
- fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+ if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == -1)
+ die("Could not create socket");
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface);
if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0)
@@ -335,7 +352,7 @@ static const char *get_ip_address(const char *interface) {
return NULL;
}
- strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface);
+ (void)strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface);
ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr) == 0) {
struct sockaddr_in addr;
@@ -349,12 +366,17 @@ static const char *get_ip_address(const char *interface) {
return part;
}
+/*
+ * Combines ethernet IP addresses and speed (if requested) for displaying
+ *
+ */
static char *get_eth_info() {
static char part[512];
const char *ip_address = get_ip_address(eth_interface);
int ethspeed = 0;
if (get_ethspeed) {
+ /* This code path requires root privileges */
struct ifreq ifr;
struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
int fd, err;