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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc11
-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h1
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index a69cf01ec..61c582b85 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -387,6 +387,17 @@ string SubstVar(string Str,const struct SubstVar *Vars)
return Str;
}
/*}}}*/
+// OutputInDepth - return a string with separator multiplied with depth /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* Returns a string with the supplied separator depth + 1 times in it */
+std::string OutputInDepth(const unsigned long Depth, const char* Separator)
+{
+ std::string output = "";
+ for(unsigned long d=Depth+1; d > 0; d--)
+ output.append(Separator);
+ return output;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
// URItoFileName - Convert the uri into a unique file name /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* This converts a URI into a safe filename. It quotes all unsafe characters
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 53146ced7..2450bd421 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ string DeQuoteString(const string &Str);
string SizeToStr(double Bytes);
string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec);
string Base64Encode(const string &Str);
+string OutputInDepth(const unsigned long Depth, const char* Separator=" ");
string URItoFileName(const string &URI);
string TimeRFC1123(time_t Date);
bool StrToTime(const string &Val,time_t &Result);