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/* randomize.c
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*/
/* $Id: randomize.c,v 4.13 1995/03/01 15:24:51 espie Exp espie $
* $Log: randomize.c,v $
* Revision 4.13 1995/03/01 15:24:51 espie
* cleanup.
*
* Revision 4.12 1995/02/24 13:47:56 espie
* Minor change for FreeBSD
*
* Revision 4.11 1995/02/21 17:54:32 espie
* Internal problem: buggy RCS. Fixed logs.
*
* Revision 4.6 1995/02/01 20:41:45 espie
* Added color.
*
*/
/* input: a series of names (as argv[1:argc - 1])
* output: the same names, in a random order.
* with the new database lookup facility, very useful for e.g.,
* tracker `randomize *` (jukebox)
*/
#include "defs.h"
#include <sys/types.h>
#ifdef IS_POSIX
#include <time.h>
#else
#include <sys/time.h>
#endif
ID("$Id: randomize.c,v 4.13 1995/03/01 15:24:51 espie Exp espie $")
/* n = random_range(max): output a number in the range 0:max - 1.
* For our purpose, we don't have to get a very random number,
* so the standard generator is alright.
*/
int random_range(max)
int max;
{
static init = 0;
/* initialize the generator to an appropriate seed eventually */
if (!init)
{
srand(time(0));
init = 1;
}
return rand()%max;
}
/* output(s): output s in a suitable format. Ideally, output() should use
* the shell quoting conventions for difficult names. Right now, it doesn't
*/
void output(s)
char *s;
{
for(; *s; s++)
switch(*s)
{
/* case ' ':
case '(':
case ')':
case '\\':
putchar('\\');
*/
default:
putchar(*s);
}
putchar(' ');
}
int main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
int i, k;
/* set up everything so that our names are in argv[0 : argc - 2] */
for (i = argc - 1, argv++; i; i--)
{
/* invariant: the remaining names are in argv[0: i - 1] */
k = random_range(i);
output(argv[k]);
argv[k] = argv[i - 1];
}
exit(0);
}