--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/util.c	Thu Dec 15 13:33:14 2005 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "dream.h"
+#include "modules.h"
+
+void fwrite_string( char *s, FILE *f )
+{
+    uint32_t len = 0;
+    if( s == NULL ) {
+	fwrite( &len, sizeof(len), 1, f );
+    } else {
+	len = strlen(s)+1;
+	fwrite( &len, sizeof(len), 1, f );
+	fwrite( s, len, 1, f );
+    }
+}
+
+int fread_string( char *s, int maxlen, FILE *f ) 
+{
+    uint32_t len;
+    fread( &len, sizeof(len), 1, f );
+    if( len != 0 ) {
+	fread( s, len > maxlen ? maxlen : len, 1, f );
+    }
+    return len;
+}