Index: trunk/src/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/Makefile.in	(revision 273)
+++ trunk/src/Makefile.in	(revision 274)
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 	res_parse.o
 	res_lex.o
 	edif.o
+	portability.o
 	parse_y.o
 	parse_l.o
 @]
Index: trunk/src/file.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/file.c	(revision 273)
+++ trunk/src/file.c	(revision 274)
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 #include "remove.h"
 #include "set.h"
 #include "strflags.h"
+#include "portability.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
 #include <dmalloc.h>
Index: trunk/src/misc.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/misc.c	(revision 273)
+++ trunk/src/misc.c	(revision 274)
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
-#include <pwd.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "global.h"
 
@@ -1636,23 +1633,6 @@
   SavedStack.cnt--;
 }
 
-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- * returns pointer to current working directory.  If 'path' is not
- * NULL, then the current working directory is copied to the array
- * pointed to by 'path'
- */
-char *
-GetWorkingDirectory (char *path)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_GETCWD
-  return getcwd (path, MAXPATHLEN);
-#else
-  /* seems that some BSD releases lack of a prototype for getwd() */
-  return getwd (path);
-#endif
-
-}
-
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * writes a string to the passed file pointer
  * some special characters are quoted
@@ -2027,47 +2007,6 @@
 }
 
 char *
-pcb_author (void)
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_GETPWUID
-  static struct passwd *pwentry;
-  static char *fab_author = 0;
-
-  if (!fab_author)
-    {
-      if (Settings.FabAuthor && Settings.FabAuthor[0])
-        fab_author = Settings.FabAuthor;
-      else
-        {
-          int len;
-          char *comma, *gecos;
-
-          /* ID the user. */
-          pwentry = getpwuid (getuid ());
-          gecos = pwentry->pw_gecos;
-          comma = strchr (gecos, ',');
-          if (comma)
-            len = comma - gecos;
-          else
-            len = strlen (gecos);
-          fab_author = (char *)malloc (len + 1);
-          if (!fab_author)
-            {
-              perror ("pcb: out of memory.\n");
-              exit (-1);
-            }
-          memcpy (fab_author, gecos, len);
-          fab_author[len] = 0;
-        }
-    }
-  return fab_author;
-#else
-  return "Unknown";
-#endif
-}
-
-
-char *
 AttributeGetFromList (AttributeListType *list, char *name)
 {
   int i;
Index: trunk/src/misc.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/misc.h	(revision 273)
+++ trunk/src/misc.h	(revision 274)
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 void ResetStackAndVisibility (void);
 void SaveStackAndVisibility (void);
 void RestoreStackAndVisibility (void);
-char *GetWorkingDirectory (char *);
 void CreateQuotedString (DynamicStringTypePtr, char *);
 BoxTypePtr GetArcEnds (ArcTypePtr);
 void ChangeArcAngles (LayerTypePtr, ArcTypePtr, Angle, Angle);
Index: trunk/src/portability.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/portability.c	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src/portability.c	(revision 274)
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/*
+ *                            COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ *  PCB, interactive printed circuit board design
+ *  Copyright (C) 1994,1995,1996,2004,2006 Thomas Nau
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ *  Contact addresses for paper mail and Email:
+ *  Thomas Nau, Schlehenweg 15, 88471 Baustetten, Germany
+ *  Thomas.Nau@rz.uni-ulm.de
+ *
+ */
+
+
+/* misc functions used by several modules
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+#include <string.h>
+#endif
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "global.h"
+
+#include "box.h"
+#include "crosshair.h"
+#include "create.h"
+#include "data.h"
+#include "draw.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "mymem.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "move.h"
+#include "pcb-printf.h"
+#include "polygon.h"
+#include "remove.h"
+#include "rtree.h"
+#include "rotate.h"
+#include "rubberband.h"
+#include "search.h"
+#include "set.h"
+#include "undo.h"
+#include "action.h"
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * returns pointer to current working directory.  If 'path' is not
+ * NULL, then the current working directory is copied to the array
+ * pointed to by 'path'
+ */
+char *
+GetWorkingDirectory (char *path)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_GETCWD
+  return getcwd (path, MAXPATHLEN);
+#else
+  /* seems that some BSD releases lack of a prototype for getwd() */
+  return getwd (path);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+
+char *pcb_author (void)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_GETPWUID
+  static struct passwd *pwentry;
+  static char *fab_author = 0;
+
+  if (!fab_author)
+    {
+      if (Settings.FabAuthor && Settings.FabAuthor[0])
+        fab_author = Settings.FabAuthor;
+      else
+        {
+          int len;
+          char *comma, *gecos;
+
+          /* ID the user. */
+          pwentry = getpwuid (getuid ());
+          gecos = pwentry->pw_gecos;
+          comma = strchr (gecos, ',');
+          if (comma)
+            len = comma - gecos;
+          else
+            len = strlen (gecos);
+          fab_author = (char *)malloc (len + 1);
+          if (!fab_author)
+            {
+              perror ("pcb: out of memory.\n");
+              exit (-1);
+            }
+          memcpy (fab_author, gecos, len);
+          fab_author[len] = 0;
+        }
+    }
+  return fab_author;
+#else
+  return "Unknown";
+#endif
+}
Index: trunk/src/portability.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/portability.h	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src/portability.h	(revision 274)
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+char *GetWorkingDirectory (char *);
+char *pcb_author (void);