1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 1608952..75de799 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use libc::{c_void, free};
 use nitrokey_sys;
 use rand::{OsRng, Rng};
 use std;
-use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
 
 /// Error types returned by Nitrokey device or by the library.
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ pub fn generate_password(length: usize) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
     return Ok(data);
 }
 
+pub fn get_cstring<T: Into<Vec<u8>>>(s: T) -> Result<CString, CommandError> {
+    CString::new(s).or(Err(CommandError::InvalidString))
+}
+
 impl From<c_int> for CommandError {
     fn from(value: c_int) -> Self {
         match value {