+ my $t = shift;
+ $t = defined $t ? $t : time;
+ my $dst = shift;
+ my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = $dst ? localtime($t) : gmtime($t);
+ $year += 1900;
+ my $buf = sprintf "%2d-%s-%04d", $mday, $month[$mon], $year;
+ return $buf;
+}
+
+# return a cluster style date time
+sub cldatetime
+{
+ my $t = shift;
+ my $dst = shift;
+ my $date = cldate($t, $dst);
+ my $time = ztime($t, $dst);
+ return "$date $time";
+}
+
+# return a unix date from a cluster date and time
+sub cltounix
+{
+ my $date = shift;
+ my $time = shift;
+ my ($thisyear) = (gmtime)[5] + 1900;
+
+ return 0 unless $date =~ /^\s*(\d+)-(\w\w\w)-([12][90]\d\d)$/;
+ return 0 if $3 > 2036;
+ return 0 unless abs($thisyear-$3) <= 1;
+ $date = "$1 $2 $3";
+ return 0 unless $time =~ /^([012]\d)([012345]\d)Z$/;
+ $time = "$1:$2 +0000";
+ my $r = str2time("$date $time");
+ return $r unless $r;
+ return $r == -1 ? undef : $r;
+}
+
+# turn a latitude in degrees into a string
+sub slat
+{
+ my $n = shift;
+ my ($deg, $min, $let);
+ $let = $n >= 0 ? 'N' : 'S';
+ $n = abs $n;
+ $deg = int $n;
+ $min = int ((($n - $deg) * 60) + 0.5);
+ return "$deg $min $let";
+}
+
+# turn a longitude in degrees into a string
+sub slong
+{
+ my $n = shift;
+ my ($deg, $min, $let);
+ $let = $n >= 0 ? 'E' : 'W';
+ $n = abs $n;
+ $deg = int $n;
+ $min = int ((($n - $deg) * 60) + 0.5);
+ return "$deg $min $let";
+}
+
+# turn a true into 'yes' and false into 'no'
+sub yesno
+{
+ my $n = shift;
+ return $n ? $main::yes : $main::no;
+}
+
+# provide a data dumpered version of the object passed
+sub dd
+{
+ my $value = shift;
+ my $dd = new Data::Dumper([$value]);
+ $dd->Indent(0);
+ $dd->Terse(1);
+ $dd->Quotekeys($] < 5.005 ? 1 : 0);
+ $value = $dd->Dumpxs;
+ $value =~ s/([\r\n\t])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/eg;
+ $value =~ s/^\s*\[//;
+ $value =~ s/\]\s*$//;
+
+ return $value;
+}
+
+# format a prompt with its current value and return it with its privilege
+sub promptf
+{
+ my ($line, $value) = @_;
+ my ($priv, $prompt, $action) = split ',', $line;
+
+ # if there is an action treat it as a subroutine and replace $value
+ if ($action) {
+ my $q = qq{\$value = $action(\$value)};
+ eval $q;
+ } elsif (ref $value) {
+ $value = dd($value);
+ }
+ $prompt = sprintf "%15s: %s", $prompt, $value;
+ return ($priv, $prompt);
+}
+
+# turn a hex field into printed hex
+sub phex
+{
+ my $val = shift;
+ return sprintf '%X', $val;
+}
+
+# take an arg as a hash of call=>time pairs and print it
+sub ptimelist
+{
+ my $ref = shift;
+ my $out;
+ for (sort keys %$ref) {
+ $out .= "$_=$ref->{$_}, ";
+ }
+ chop $out;
+ chop $out;
+ return $out;
+}
+
+# take an arg as an array list and print it
+sub parray
+{
+ my $ref = shift;
+ return ref $ref ? join(', ', @{$ref}) : $ref;
+}
+
+# take the arg as an array reference and print as a list of pairs
+sub parraypairs
+{
+ my $ref = shift;
+ my $i;
+ my $out;
+
+ for ($i = 0; $i < @$ref; $i += 2) {
+ my $r1 = @$ref[$i];
+ my $r2 = @$ref[$i+1];
+ $out .= "$r1-$r2, ";
+ }
+ chop $out; # remove last space
+ chop $out; # remove last comma
+ return $out;
+}
+
+# take the arg as a hash reference and print it out as such
+sub phash
+{
+ my $ref = shift;
+ my $out;
+
+ while (my ($k,$v) = each %$ref) {
+ $out .= "${k}=>$v, ";
+ }
+ chop $out; # remove last space
+ chop $out; # remove last comma
+ return $out;
+}
+
+sub _sort_fields
+{
+ my $ref = shift;
+ my @a = split /,/, $ref->field_prompt(shift);
+ my @b = split /,/, $ref->field_prompt(shift);
+ return lc $a[1] cmp lc $b[1];
+}
+
+# print all the fields for a record according to privilege
+#
+# The prompt record is of the format '<priv>,<prompt>[,<action>'
+# and is expanded by promptf above
+#
+sub print_all_fields
+{
+ my $self = shift; # is a dxchan
+ my $ref = shift; # is a thingy with field_prompt and fields methods defined
+ my @out;
+ my @fields = $ref->fields;
+ my $field;
+ my $width = $self->width - 1;
+ $width ||= 80;
+
+ foreach $field (sort {_sort_fields($ref, $a, $b)} @fields) {
+ if (defined $ref->{$field}) {
+ my ($priv, $ans) = promptf($ref->field_prompt($field), $ref->{$field});
+ my @tmp;
+ if (length $ans > $width) {
+ my ($p, $a) = split /: /, $ans, 2;
+ my $l = (length $p) + 2;
+ my $al = ($width - 1) - $l;
+ my $bit;
+ while (length $a > $al ) {
+ ($bit, $a) = unpack "A$al A*", $a;
+ push @tmp, "$p: $bit";
+ $p = ' ' x ($l - 2);
+ }
+ push @tmp, "$p: $a" if length $a;
+ } else {
+ push @tmp, $ans;
+ }
+ push @out, @tmp if ($self->priv >= $priv);
+ }
+ }
+ return @out;
+}
+
+# generate a regex from a shell type expression
+# see 'perl cookbook' 6.9
+sub shellregex
+{
+ my $in = shift;
+ $in =~ s{(.)} { $patmap{$1} || "\Q$1" }ge;
+ return '^' . $in . "\$";
+}
+
+# read in a file into a string and return it.
+# the filename can be split into a dir and file and the
+# file can be in upper or lower case.
+# there can also be a suffix
+sub readfilestr
+{
+ my ($dir, $file, $suffix) = @_;
+ my $fn;
+ my $f;
+ if ($suffix) {
+ $f = uc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$f.$suffix";
+ unless (-e $fn) {
+ $f = lc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file.$suffix";
+ }
+ } elsif ($file) {
+ $f = uc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file";
+ unless (-e $fn) {
+ $f = lc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file";
+ }
+ } else {
+ $fn = $dir;
+ }
+
+ my $fh = new IO::File $fn;
+ my $s = undef;
+ if ($fh) {
+ local $/ = undef;
+ $s = <$fh>;
+ $fh->close;
+ }
+ return $s;
+}
+
+# write out a file in the format required for reading
+# in via readfilestr, it expects the same arguments
+# and a reference to an object
+sub writefilestr
+{
+ my $dir = shift;
+ my $file = shift;
+ my $suffix = shift;
+ my $obj = shift;
+ my $fn;
+ my $f;
+
+ confess('no object to write in writefilestr') unless $obj;
+ confess('object not a reference in writefilestr') unless ref $obj;
+
+ if ($suffix) {
+ $f = uc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$f.$suffix";
+ unless (-e $fn) {
+ $f = lc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file.$suffix";
+ }
+ } elsif ($file) {
+ $f = uc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file";
+ unless (-e $fn) {
+ $f = lc $file;
+ $fn = "$dir/$file";
+ }
+ } else {
+ $fn = $dir;
+ }
+
+ my $fh = new IO::File ">$fn";
+ if ($fh) {
+ my $dd = new Data::Dumper([ $obj ]);
+ $dd->Indent(1);
+ $dd->Terse(1);
+ $dd->Quotekeys(0);
+ # $fh->print(@_) if @_ > 0; # any header comments, lines etc
+ $fh->print($dd->Dumpxs);
+ $fh->close;
+ }
+}
+
+sub filecopy
+{
+ copy(@_) or return $!;
+}
+
+# remove leading and trailing spaces from an input string
+sub unpad
+{
+ my $s = shift;
+ $s =~ s/\s+$//;
+ $s =~ s/^\s+//;
+ return $s;
+}
+
+# check that a field only has callsign characters in it
+sub is_callsign
+{
+ return $_[0] =~ m!^
+ (?:(?:[A-Z]{1,2}\d* | \d[A-Z]{1,2}\d*)/)? # out of area prefix /
+ (?:[A-Z]{1,2}\d+ | \d[A-Z]{1,2}\d+)? # main prefix one
+ [A-Z]{1,5} # callsign letters
+ (?:-(?:\d{1,2}|\#))? # - nn possibly (eg G8BPQ-8) or -# (an RBN spot)
+ (?:/[0-9A-Z]{1,7})? # / another prefix, callsign or special label (including /MM, /P as well as /EURO or /LGT) possibly
+ $!x;
+
+ # longest callign allowed is 1X11/1Y11XXXXX-11/XXXXXXX
+}
+
+sub is_prefix
+{
+ return $_[0] =~ m!^(?:[A-Z]{1,2}\d+ | \d[A-Z]{1,2}}\d+)!x # basic prefix
+}
+
+
+# check that a PC protocol field is valid text
+sub is_pctext
+{
+ return undef unless length $_[0];
+ return undef if $_[0] =~ /[\x00-\x08\x0a-\x1f\x80-\x9f]/;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+# check that a PC prot flag is fairly valid (doesn't check the difference between 1/0 and */-)
+sub is_pcflag
+{
+ return $_[0] =~ /^[01\*\-]+$/;
+}
+
+# check that a thing is a frequency
+sub is_freq
+{
+ return $_[0] =~ /^\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/;
+}
+
+# check that a thing is just digits
+sub is_digits
+{
+ return $_[0] =~ /^[\d]+$/;