#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

char **
buildargv (char *input)
{
  static char *arglist[256];
  int numargs = 0;

  while (1)
    {
      while (isspace ((unsigned char)*input) && *input != 0)
	input++;
      if (*input == 0)
	break;
      arglist [numargs++] = input;
      while (!isspace ((unsigned char)*input) && *input != 0)
	input++;
      if (*input == 0)
	break;
      *(input++) = 0;
    }
  arglist [numargs] = NULL;
  return arglist;
}


int main()
{
  char **args;
  char input[256];
  int i;

  strcpy(input, " a b");
  args = buildargv(input);

  if (strcmp (args[0], "a"))
    abort ();
  if (strcmp (args[1], "b"))
    abort ();
  if (args[2] != NULL)
    abort ();
  
  exit (0);
}