*
* The supplied field is scanned for non-printable and other illegal
* characters.
- * + -1 is returned if an illegal character is present.
- * + 1 is returned if no illegal characters are present, but the field
- * contains a non-printable character.
+ * + -1 is returned if an illegal or control character is present.
+ * + 1 is returned if no illegal or control characters are present,
+ * but the field contains a non-printable character.
* + 0 is returned otherwise.
*/
int valid_field (const char *field, const char *illegal)
}
if (0 == err) {
- /* Search if there are some non-printable characters */
+ /* Search if there are non-printable or control characters */
for (cp = field; '\0' != *cp; cp++) {
if (!isprint (*cp)) {
err = 1;
+ }
+ if (!iscntrl (*cp)) {
+ err = -1;
break;
}
}