4 files changed, 11 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index de8c7be0..14de91df 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ long atolx(char *numstr)
   return val;
 }
 
+long atolx_range(char *numstr, long low, long high)
+{
+  long val = atolx(numstr);
+
+  if (val < low) error_exit("%ld < %ld", val, low);
+  if (val > high) error_exit("%ld > %ld", val, high);
+
+  return val;
+}
+
 int numlen(long l)
 {
   int len = 0;
diff --git a/lib/lib.h b/lib/lib.h
index 2d3e2734..6edfa0fc 100644
--- a/lib/lib.h
+++ b/lib/lib.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ int64_t peek(void *ptr, int size);
 void poke(void *ptr, uint64_t val, int size);
 struct string_list *find_in_path(char *path, char *filename);
 long atolx(char *c);
+long atolx_range(char *numstr, long low, long high);
 int numlen(long l);
 int stridx(char *haystack, char needle);
 off_t fdlength(int fd);
diff --git a/lib/pending.c b/lib/pending.c
index a804d5b8..df3207ef 100644
--- a/lib/pending.c
+++ b/lib/pending.c
@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@ void names_to_pid(char **names, int (*callback)(pid_t pid, char *name))
   closedir(dp);
 }
 
-/*
- * used to get the interger value.
- */
-unsigned long get_int_value(const char *numstr, unsigned long lowrange, unsigned long highrange)
-{
-  unsigned long rvalue = 0;
-  char *ptr;
-
-  if (!isdigit(*numstr)) perror_exit("bad number '%s'", numstr);
-  errno = 0;
-  rvalue = strtoul(numstr, &ptr, 10);
-
-  if (errno || numstr == ptr || *ptr || rvalue < lowrange || rvalue > highrange)
-    perror_exit("bad number '%s'", numstr);
-
-  return rvalue;
-}
-
 void daemonize(void)
 {
   int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
diff --git a/lib/pending.h b/lib/pending.h
index fbd72c46..43885719 100644
--- a/lib/pending.h
+++ b/lib/pending.h
@@ -23,11 +23,5 @@ int read_password(char * buff, int buflen, char* mesg);
 int update_password(char *filename, char* username, char* encrypted);
 
 // cut helper functions
-unsigned long get_int_value(const char *numstr, unsigned long lowrange, unsigned long highrange);
-
-// grep helper functions
-char  *astrcat (char *, char *);
-char *xastrcat (char *, char *);
-
 void daemonize(void);
 char *human_readable(unsigned long long size);