[C++] Fix newlines in $(info/warning/error)
Change-Id: Ia20a1ef563a6871ed843b9388fe27e87b8bd7020
diff --git a/strutil.cc b/strutil.cc
index ea5d633..defb292 100644
--- a/strutil.cc
+++ b/strutil.cc
@@ -427,3 +427,24 @@
NormalizePath(&r);
return r;
}
+
+string EchoEscape(const string str) {
+ const char *in = str.c_str();
+ string buf;
+ for (; *in; in++) {
+ switch(*in) {
+ case '\\':
+ buf += "\\\\\\\\";
+ break;
+ case '\n':
+ buf += "\\n";
+ break;
+ case '"':
+ buf += "\\\"";
+ break;
+ default:
+ buf += *in;
+ }
+ }
+ return buf;
+}