--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/strsplit.c	Sat Jan 01 16:01:19 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "lxcstats.h"
+#include "_lxcstats.h"
+
+void
+check(const char *field, const char *ref)
+{
+    printf("comparing: [%s] with reference: [%s].\n", field, ref);
+    if (strcmp(field, ref))
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+    char    usage[] = "system: 4242\nuser: 4242";
+    char    test[] = " \tword1 word2 \f\tword3\n";
+    char    *fields[4];
+
+    if (_lxcst_strsplit(usage, fields, sizeof(fields) / sizeof(fields[0])) != 4)
+        errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "invalid number of fields.");
+    check(fields[0], "system:");
+    check(fields[1], "4242");
+    check(fields[2], "user:");
+    check(fields[3], "4242");
+
+    if (_lxcst_strsplit(test, fields, sizeof(fields) / sizeof(fields[0])) != 3)
+        errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "invalid number of fields.");
+    check(fields[0], "word1");
+    check(fields[1], "word2");
+    check(fields[2], "word3");
+
+    return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}