string: Add ssh_string_get_char().

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/libssh/libssh.h b/include/libssh/libssh.h
index 52bfc178..4dd84e24 100644
--- a/include/libssh/libssh.h
+++ b/include/libssh/libssh.h
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ LIBSSH_API void ssh_string_free(ssh_string str);
 LIBSSH_API ssh_string ssh_string_from_char(const char *what);
 LIBSSH_API size_t ssh_string_len(ssh_string str);
 LIBSSH_API ssh_string ssh_string_new(size_t size);
+LIBSSH_API const char *ssh_string_get_char(ssh_string str);
 LIBSSH_API char *ssh_string_to_char(ssh_string str);
 LIBSSH_API void ssh_string_free_char(char *s);
 
diff --git a/src/string.c b/src/string.c
index 70764a59..5ce2cfc8 100644
--- a/src/string.c
+++ b/src/string.c
@@ -131,6 +131,25 @@ size_t ssh_string_len(struct ssh_string_struct *s) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * @brief Get the the string as a C nul-terminated string.
+ *
+ * This is only available as long as the SSH string exists.
+ *
+ * @param[in] s         The SSH string to get the C string from.
+ *
+ * @return              The char pointer, NULL on error.
+ */
+const char *ssh_string_get_char(struct ssh_string_struct *s)
+{
+    if (s == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    s->data[ntohl(s->size)] = '\0';
+
+    return (const char *) s->data;
+}
+
+/**
  * @brief Convert a SSH string to a C nul-terminated string.
  *
  * @param[in] s         The SSH input string.