- return quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer, buffersize, arg, argsize,
- p->style, p);
+ int e = errno;
+ size_t r = quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer, buffersize, arg, argsize,
+ p->style, p);
+ errno = e;
+ return r;
+}
+
+/* Like quotearg_buffer (..., ARG, ARGSIZE, O), except return newly
+ allocated storage containing the quoted string. */
+char *
+quotearg_alloc (char const *arg, size_t argsize,
+ struct quoting_options const *o)
+{
+ int e = errno;
+ size_t bufsize = quotearg_buffer (0, 0, arg, argsize, o) + 1;
+ char *buf = xmalloc (bufsize);
+ quotearg_buffer (buf, bufsize, arg, argsize, o);
+ errno = e;
+ return buf;