+
+GList * str_array_to_glist(gchar* data[])
+{
+ GList *gl = NULL;
+ gpointer * p;
+ for (p = (gpointer)data; *p; p++)
+ gl = g_list_prepend(gl, *p);
+ return g_list_reverse(gl);
+}
+
+/**
+ * split_string_from_file_on_equals:
+ *
+ * @buf: the input string
+ * @key: newly allocated string that is before the '='
+ * @val: newly allocated string after the '='
+ *
+ * Designed for file line processing, so it ignores strings beginning with special
+ * characters, such as '#'; returns false in such situations.
+ * Also returns false if no equals character is found
+ *
+ * e.g. if buf = "GPS.parameter=42"
+ * key = "GPS.parameter"
+ * val = "42"
+ */
+gboolean split_string_from_file_on_equals ( const gchar *buf, gchar **key, gchar **val )
+{
+ // comments, special characters in viking file format
+ if ( buf == NULL || buf[0] == '\0' || buf[0] == '~' || buf[0] == '=' || buf[0] == '#' )
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if ( ! strchr ( buf, '=' ) )
+ return FALSE;
+
+ gchar **strv = g_strsplit ( buf, "=", 2 );
+
+ gint gi = 0;
+ gchar *str = strv[gi];
+ while ( str ) {
+ if ( gi == 0 )
+ *key = g_strdup ( str );
+ else
+ *val = g_strdup ( str );
+ gi++;
+ str = strv[gi];
+ }
+
+ g_strfreev ( strv );
+
+ // Remove newline from val and also any other whitespace
+ *key = g_strstrip ( *key );
+ *val = g_strstrip ( *val );
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GSList* deletion_list = NULL;
+
+/**
+ * util_add_to_deletion_list:
+ *
+ * Add a name of a file into the list that is to be deleted on program exit
+ * Normally this is for files that get used asynchronously,
+ * so we don't know when it's time to delete them - other than at this program's end
+ */
+void util_add_to_deletion_list ( const gchar* filename )
+{
+ deletion_list = g_slist_append ( deletion_list, g_strdup (filename) );
+}
+
+/**
+ * util_remove_all_in_deletion_list:
+ *
+ * Delete all the files in the deletion list
+ * This should only be called on program exit
+ */
+void util_remove_all_in_deletion_list ( void )
+{
+ while ( deletion_list )
+ {
+ g_remove ( deletion_list->data );
+ g_free ( deletion_list->data );
+ deletion_list = g_slist_delete_link ( deletion_list, deletion_list );
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes characters from a string, in place.
+ *
+ * @param string String to search.
+ * @param chars Characters to remove.
+ *
+ * @return @a string - return value is only useful when nesting function calls, e.g.:
+ * @code str = utils_str_remove_chars(g_strdup("f_o_o"), "_"); @endcode
+ *
+ * @see @c g_strdelimit.
+ **/
+gchar *util_str_remove_chars(gchar *string, const gchar *chars)
+{
+ const gchar *r;
+ gchar *w = string;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail(string, NULL);
+ if (G_UNLIKELY(EMPTY(chars)))
+ return string;
+
+ foreach_str(r, string)
+ {
+ if (!strchr(chars, *r))
+ *w++ = *r;
+ }
+ *w = 0x0;
+ return string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * In 'extreme' debug mode don't remove temporary files
+ * thus the contents can be inspected if things go wrong
+ * with the trade off the user may need to delete tmp files manually
+ * Only use this for 'occasional' downloaded temporary files that need interpretation,
+ * rather than large volume items such as Bing attributions.
+ */
+int util_remove ( const gchar *filename )
+{
+ if ( vik_debug && vik_verbose ) {
+ g_warning ( "Not removing file: %s", filename );
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else
+ return g_remove ( filename );
+}