diff --git a/sysdeps/common/ChangeLog b/sysdeps/common/ChangeLog
index ee079aae..b033f93a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/sysdeps/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-07-07  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am:
+	* procargs.c: (split_args0), (glibtop_get_proc_argv_l),
+	(glibtop_get_proc_argv_p), (glibtop_get_proc_argv_s): Added file to
+	repository. Provides glibtop_get_proc_argv*() for system dependant 
+	glibtop_get_proc_args*().
+
 2004-06-18  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
 
 	* error.c: (print_server_name), (glibtop_error_r),
diff --git a/sysdeps/common/Makefile.am b/sysdeps/common/Makefile.am
index 2ae549c3..61acfe4d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/sysdeps/common/Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES		= libgtop_common-2.0.la libgtop_suid_common-2.0.la
 libgtop_common_2_0_la_SOURCES	= error.c gnuslib.c \
 				  fsusage.c \
                                   mountlist.c mountlist.h \
+                                  procargs.c \
 				  $(inodedb_SRCLIST)
 
 libgtop_common_2_0_la_LDFLAGS	= $(LT_VERSION_INFO)
diff --git a/sysdeps/common/procargs.c b/sysdeps/common/procargs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13b33f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/common/procargs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include <glibtop/procargs.h>
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/*
+  Splitting args0
+  * args0 [......0..   ....0.........0]
+  * Returned value must be free with g_strfreev
+  * args0 is g_free()d
+  */
+static char **
+split_args0(const char * const args0, size_t size)
+{
+	GPtrArray *argv = g_ptr_array_new();
+	const char *arg;
+
+	/* remember that if there were no args, args0 == NULL and size == 0 */
+	for (arg = args0; arg < (args0 + size); arg += strlen(arg) + 1) {
+		g_ptr_array_add(argv, g_strdup(arg));
+	}
+
+	g_ptr_array_add(argv, NULL);
+
+	g_free((void* /* remove constness */) args0);
+
+	return (char**) g_ptr_array_free(argv, FALSE);
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * public functions
+ */
+
+char **
+glibtop_get_proc_argv_l (glibtop *server, glibtop_proc_args *buf,
+			 pid_t pid, unsigned max_len)
+{
+	const char * const args0 = glibtop_get_proc_args_l(server, buf, pid, max_len);
+	return split_args0(args0, buf->size);
+}
+
+
+
+#if GLIBTOP_SUID_PROC_ARGS
+
+char **
+glibtop_get_proc_argv_p (glibtop *server, glibtop_proc_args *buf,
+			 pid_t pid, unsigned max_len)
+{
+	const char * const args0 = glibtop_get_proc_args_p(server, buf, pid, max_len);
+	return split_args0(args0, buf->size);
+}
+
+#else /* !GLIBTOP_SUID_PROC_ARGS */
+
+char **
+glibtop_get_proc_argv_s (glibtop *server, glibtop_proc_args *buf,
+			 pid_t pid, unsigned max_len)
+{
+	const char * const args0 = glibtop_get_proc_args_s(server, buf, pid, max_len);
+	return split_args0(args0, buf->size);
+}
+#endif /* GLIBTOP_SUID_PROC_ARGS */