1 files changed, 5 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index fec8ae8e5..0f0778caf 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -388,34 +388,20 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct options *op)
                 switch (c) {
                 case 'I':
                         if (!(op->initstring = strdup(optarg)))
-                                error("can't malloc initstring");
+                                error(memory_exhausted);
                                 
                         {
-                                char ch, *p, *q;
-                                int i;
+                                const char *p;
+                                char *q;
 
                                 /* copy optarg into op->initstring decoding \ddd
                                    octal codes into chars */
                                 q = op->initstring;
                                 p = optarg;
                                 while (*p) {
-                                        if (*p == '\\') {       /* know \\ means \ */
+                                        if (*p == '\\') {
                                                 p++;
-                                                if (*p == '\\') {
-                                                        ch = '\\';
-                                                        p++;
-                                                } else {        /* handle \000 - \177 */
-                                                        ch = 0;
-                                                        for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
-                                                                if (*p >= '0' && *p <= '7') {
-                                                                        ch <<= 3;
-                                                                        ch += *p - '0';
-                                                                        p++;
-                                                                } else
-                                                                        break;
-                                                        }
-                                                }
-                                                *q++ = ch;
+                                                *q++ = process_escape_sequence(&p);
                                         } else {
                                                 *q++ = *p++;
                                         }