--- /dev/null
+#include <err.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+const char *
+bprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+ size_t len;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ if (len >= sizeof(buf))
+ buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0';
+
+ return buf;
+}
+
+int
+pscanf(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ FILE *fp;
+ va_list ap;
+ int n;
+
+ if (!(fp = fopen(path, "r"))) {
+ warn("fopen %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ n = vfscanf(fp, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+ fclose(fp);
+
+ return (n == EOF) ? -1 : n;
+}