--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/timeival.c	Fri Sep 26 17:05:23 2008 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*  MasqMail
+    Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Oliver Kurth
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include "masqmail.h"
+
+gint time_interval(gchar *str, gint *pos)
+{
+  gchar buf[16];
+  gchar *p = str, *q = buf;
+  gint factor = 1, val;
+
+  while(*p && isdigit(*p) && (q < buf+15)){
+    *(q++) = *(p++);
+    (*pos)++;
+  }
+  (*pos)++;
+  *q = 0;
+  val = atoi(buf);
+  
+  /* fall through: */
+  switch(*p){
+  case 'w':
+    factor *= 7;
+  case 'd':
+    factor *= 24;
+  case 'h':
+    factor *= 60;
+  case 'm':
+    factor *= 60;
+  case 's':
+    break;
+  default:
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return val * factor;
+}