-/**
- * Return the position of a ':' IF it is not part of a filename (i.e. as
- * long as it doesn't occur after a slash.
- */
-char *find_colon(char *s)
+/* Look for a HOST specfication of the form "HOST:PATH", "HOST::PATH", or
+ * "rsync://HOST:PORT/PATH". If found, *host_ptr will be set to some allocated
+ * memory with the HOST. If a daemon-accessing spec was specified, the value
+ * of *port_ptr will contain a non-0 port number, otherwise it will be set to
+ * 0. The return value is a pointer to the PATH. Note that the HOST spec can
+ * be an IPv6 literal address enclosed in '[' and ']' (such as "[::1]" or
+ * "[::ffff:127.0.0.1]") which is returned without the '[' and ']'. */
+char *check_for_hostspec(char *s, char **host_ptr, int *port_ptr)