commit 6e73734672e78d8577a628ec5aa69a974defba14
Author: jonathan santis <jonathan.wyss@santismail.ch>
Date:   Mon May 12 16:54:26 2025 +0200

    initial commit

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd25064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.c
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#include"config.h"
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<string.h>
+
+int loadConfig(char *str_file, char **str_entry,char **host,int *intervall,int size)
+{
+    int i=0;
+    FILE *f_config;
+    char temp_str[256];
+    char *ret = NULL;
+
+    printf("\nopening config file\n");
+    f_config = fopen(str_file,"r");
+    if(f_config != NULL)
+    {
+        ret = fgets(temp_str,256,f_config);
+        while(ret!=NULL)
+        {
+        temp_str[strcspn(temp_str,"\n")]=0;
+        printf("first temp_str:%s\n",temp_str);
+            if(strcmp(temp_str,"[Host]")==0)
+            {
+                printf("temp_str host:%s\n",temp_str);
+                while(ret!=NULL)
+                {
+                    printf("temp_str:%s\n",temp_str);
+                    ret = fgets(temp_str,256,f_config);
+                    if(strchr(temp_str,'[')==NULL)
+                    {
+                        printf("strchr\n");
+                        if(strstr(temp_str,"Hostname")!=NULL)
+                        {
+                            char *ptr_host = strrchr(temp_str,'=')+1;//Without = 
+                            ptr_host[strcspn(ptr_host,"\n")]=0;
+                            while(ptr_host[0]==' ') //Potential segfault??
+                            {
+                                if(ptr_host < (temp_str + strlen(temp_str)))
+                                {
+                                    ptr_host = ptr_host + 1;
+                                }else{
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            *host = strdup(ptr_host);
+                            printf("my host is:%s\n",*host);
+                        }
+                    }else{
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr,"error opening file[%s]\n",str_file);
+    }
+    fclose(f_config);
+    printf("Done reading config file\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+/*int parseConfig(File *file, char *str_entry)
+{
+        char sub_str[256];
+        if(strcmp(str_entry,"[Host]")==0)//section
+        {
+                fgets(sub_str,256,file);
+
+                //do sub parsing
+        }
+}*/
+/*
+ * Here we check if the given string contains a section
+ * for example [SECTIONName] here delimiterLeft is [ and delimiterRight is ]
+ * if a section is found, the section name will be written to sectionName
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *      char **str: the string to check
+ *      char delimiterLeft: the left delimiter to check for
+ *      char delimiterRight: the right delimiter to check for
+ * Output:
+ *      char **sectionName: if found the section Name of the section
+ * Return:
+ *      int status_code: one of the following values:
+ *          
+ */
+
+int checkSection(char *str,char delimiterLeft,char delimiterRight,char **sectionName)
+{
+    char section[MAX_LEN_SECTIONNAME];
+    int i = 0;                  //most outer loop -> character of string
+    if(str == NULL)
+    {
+        return ERROR_STR;
+    }
+    len = strlen(str);
+    int state = ST_INIT;
+    while(state != ST_FINISH)
+    {
+        switch(state) 
+        {
+            case ST_INIT:
+                for(i=0;i<len-1;i++)        //find first (left) delimiter    
+                {
+                    if(str[i] == delimiterLeft)
+                    {
+                        state = ST_FOUND_LEFT_DELIMITER;
+                        leftDelimiterPos = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case ST_FOUND_LEFT_DELIMITER:
+                for(i=0;i<len-1;i++)        //find second (right) delimiter    
+                {
+                    if(str[i] == delimiterRight)
+                    {
+                        state = ST_FOUND_RIGHT_DELIMITER;
+                        rightDelimiterPos = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case ST_FOUND_RIGHT_DELIMITER:
+                getStrAtPos(*str,leftDelimiterPos,rightDelimiterPos,section);
+    }
+    return NO_SECTION;
+}
+/*
+ * Here we get / cut from fromPos to toPos and write it to an address
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *      char *str: the string to cut
+ *      int fromPos: from which position we want to copy, the pos is included and zero indexed
+ *      int toPos: to which position we want to copy, the pos is included and zero indexed
+ * Output:
+ *      char **name: here we will write the section name to
+ */
+
+int getStrAtPos(char *str,int fromPos,int toPosm,char **name)
+{
+    int i=fromPos;      //character iterator, which starts from specified pos
+    int j=0;            //the character iterator for the target string
+    if(toPos - fromPos > MAX_LEN_SECTIONNAME)
+    {
+        return ERROR_MAX_LEN;
+    }
+    for(i=fromPos,j=0;i<=toPos;i++,j++)
+    {
+        *name[j] = str[i];
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c0210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#define NO_SECTION 0
+#define ERROR_STR 1
+#define ERROR_MAX_LEN 2
+
+//State Machine
+
+#define ST_INIT 0
+#define ST_FOUND_LEFT_DELIMITER 1
+#define ST_FOUND_RIGHT_DELIMITER 2
+#define ST_FINISH 20
+
+//LIMITS
+#define MAX_LEN_SECTIONNAME 128
+
+
+
+int loadConfig(char *file, char **str_entry,char **host,int *intervall,int size);
+int checkSection(char *str,char delimiterLeft,char delimiterRight,char **sectionName);
+
+int getStrAtPos(char *str,int fromPos,int toPos, char **name);