PATCH: Allow escaping ! in check args (utils.c)

[Ethan Galstad]

Bob Ingraham wrote:
> Gents,
> 
> Please find attached a patch (in unified diff context,) for the following:
> 
> My work had me create a patch for the get_raw_command_line() function in
> utils.c to allow us to "escape" the "!" argument separator within check
> command arguments.
> 
> I generalized it such that you can actually escape any character by
> prefacing it with a backslash ('\').  So, now you can have command args
> that include exclamations points as part of the argmument string.
> 
> For example:
> 
> check_command check_web!www.nagios.org!80!\!Test\!String\!!10!20
> 
> This will pass the third argument as: "!Test!String!" (sans quotes)
> 
> Bob
> 

Thanks for the patch!  I'll apply similiar functionality to the Nagios 
3.0 CVS code (the code differs a bit from 2.x).  I don't see a need to 
allow for escaping of the first ! delimiter in the command line, as it 
seems unlikely that anyone would need/want to define a command with an 
exclamation point. :-)  Patch will be in CVS soon.  Thanks again!

Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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