diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 7d336eb..4bdda71 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -574,3 +574,67 @@
 	fprintf(fp, "Timestamp: %s %lu usec\n", tstr, tv.tv_usec);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int cmdlineno;
+
+/* Like glibc getline but handle continuation lines and comments */
+size_t getcmdline(char **linep, size_t *lenp, FILE *in)
+{
+	size_t cc;
+	char *cp;
+		
+	if ((cc = getline(linep, lenp, in)) < 0)
+		return cc;	/* eof or error */
+	++cmdlineno;
+
+	cp = strchr(*linep, '#');
+	if (cp) 
+		*cp = '\0';
+	
+	while ((cp = strstr(*linep, "\\\n")) != NULL) {
+		char *line1 = NULL;
+		size_t len1 = 0;
+		size_t cc1;
+
+		if ((cc1 = getline(&line1, &len1, in)) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Missing continuation line\n");
+			return cc1;
+		}
+
+		++cmdlineno;
+		*cp = 0;
+
+		cp = strchr(line1, '#');
+		if (cp) 
+			*cp = '\0';
+
+		*linep = realloc(*linep, strlen(*linep) + strlen(line1) + 1);
+		if (!*linep) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		cc += cc1 - 2;
+		strcat(*linep, line1);
+		free(line1);
+	}
+	return cc;
+}
+
+/* split command line into argument vector */
+int makeargs(char *line, char *argv[], int maxargs)
+{
+	static const char ws[] = " \t\r\n";
+	char *cp;
+	int argc = 0;
+
+	for (cp = strtok(line, ws); cp; cp = strtok(NULL, ws)) {
+		if (argc >= (maxargs - 1)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Too many arguments to command\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		argv[argc++] = cp;
+	}
+	argv[argc] = NULL;
+
+	return argc;
+}