2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/util.c b/source3/lib/util.c
index 62e08333dd..20422a00c7 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,32 @@ BOOL unix_wild_match(char *pattern, char *string)
 	return unix_do_match(p2, s2) == 0;	
 }
 
+/*******************************************************************
+ construct a data blob, must be freed with data_blob_free()
+*******************************************************************/
+DATA_BLOB data_blob(void *p, size_t length)
+{
+	DATA_BLOB ret;
+
+	if (!p) {
+		ZERO_STRUCT(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret.data = memdup(p, length);
+	ret.length = length;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************
+free a data blob
+*******************************************************************/
+void data_blob_free(DATA_BLOB d)
+{
+	SAFE_FREE(d.data);
+}
+
+
 #ifdef __INSURE__
 
 /*******************************************************************
diff --git a/source3/lib/util_file.c b/source3/lib/util_file.c
index 77c0d7888e..5ecf526280 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util_file.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util_file.c
@@ -573,3 +573,20 @@ void file_lines_slashcont(char **lines)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+  save a lump of data into a file. Mostly used for debugging 
+*/
+BOOL file_save(const char *fname, void *packet, size_t length)
+{
+	int fd;
+	fd = open(fname, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0644);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		return False;
+	}
+	if (write(fd, packet, length) != length) {
+		return False;
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	return True;
+}