--- a/common/strhelp.h	Mon Mar 24 16:03:05 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/strhelp.h	Mon Mar 24 16:06:50 2014 +0100
@@ -66,4 +66,13 @@
  */
 bool str_starts_with (char *s1, char *s2);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Trims all white space from the start and end of string.
+ * @details the start of the string is trimmed by setting *s to the
+ * first non white space character.  The end is trimmed by setting the
+ * first character after the last non white space character to \0.
+ * @param[inout] s ponter to the string to strip
+ */
+bool str_trim (char **s);
+
 #endif