Add atolx() which understands extensions for kilobytes and megabytes and such.
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index f1d1ce1..6c8abb0 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -402,6 +402,18 @@
return itoa_buf;
}
+// atol() with the kilo/mega/giga/tera/peta/exa extensions.
+// (zetta and yotta don't fit in 64 bits.)
+long atolx(char *c)
+{
+ char *suffixes="kmgtpe", *end;
+ long val = strtol(c, &c, 0);
+
+ end = strchr(suffixes, tolower(*c));
+ if (end) val *= 1024<<((end-suffixes)*10);
+ return val;
+}
+
// Return how long the file at fd is, if there's any way to determine it.
off_t fdlength(int fd)
{
