+
+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 );
+ }
+}