diff -r 000000000000 -r 6f7a81934006 lib/fdbuf/fdibuf_netstring.cc
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/fdbuf/fdibuf_netstring.cc	Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100
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+// Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "fdbuf.h"
+#include "mystring/mystring.h"
+
+bool fdibuf::getnetstring(mystring& out)
+{
+  // Read in the size
+  char ch;
+  unsigned long size = 0;
+  for(;;) {
+    if(!get(ch))
+      return false;
+    if(ch == ':')
+      break;
+    else if(ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
+      size = size*10 + (ch-'0');
+    else
+      return false;
+  }
+  char tmp[size];
+  if(!read(tmp, size) || !get(ch) || ch != ',')
+    return false;
+  out = mystring(tmp, size);
+  return true;
+}