--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2006/09/11 01:16:20	1.10
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2006/09/12 19:20:06	1.11
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /*
  * static char *rcsid_utils_c =
- *   "$Id: utils.C,v 1.10 2006/09/11 01:16:20 root Exp $";
+ *   "$Id: utils.C,v 1.11 2006/09/12 19:20:06 root Exp $";
  */
 
 /*
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@
   /*trim all trailing commas, spaces etc. */
   for (i = strlen (tmp); !isalnum (tmp[i]) && i >= 0; i--)
     tmp[i] = '\0';
+
   strcat (tmp, ".");
 
   p = strrchr (tmp, ',');
@@ -546,6 +547,7 @@
     }
   else
     strcpy (input, tmp);
+
   return;
 }
 
@@ -583,3 +585,28 @@
   //free (p); return;
   g_slice_free1 (s, p);
 }
+
+void assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxlen)
+{
+  if (!src)
+    src = "";
+
+  int len = strlen (src);
+
+  if (len >= maxlen - 1)
+    {
+      if (maxlen <= 4)
+        {
+          memset (dst, '.', maxlen - 1);
+          dst [maxlen - 1] = 0;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          memcpy (dst, src, maxlen - 4);
+          memcpy (dst + maxlen - 4, "...", 4);
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    memcpy (dst, src, len + 1);
+}
+