updated folder scanning code

src/client_backend/thread_ctrl.cpp

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+#ifndef THREAD_CTRL_CPP
+#define THREAD_CTRL_CPP
+#include "thread_ctrl.h"
+
+void split(char* input,char*delimiter, char* out1, char* out2) {
+	//split a string at the delimiter. the delimiter only occurs once. so the first part is out1 and the second part is out2
+	int i = 0;
+	int j = 0;
+	int k = 0;
+	while (input[i] != '\0') {
+		if (input[i] == delimiter[0]) {
+			out1[j] = '\0';
+			i++;
+			while (input[i] != '\0') {
+				out2[k] = input[i];
+				i++;
+				k++;
+			}
+			out2[k] = '\0';
+			return;
+		}
+		else {
+			out1[j] = input[i];
+			i++;
+			j++;
+		}
+	}
+}
+int start_thread(const char*command) {
+	char*out2= new char[100]; //for the command
+	char*out1 = new char[300]; //for the arguments
+	split((char*)command, (char*)";", (char*)out1, (char*)out2);
+
+	//printf("out1: %s\n", out1);
+	//printf("out2: %s\n", out2);
+	//determine what should be executed
+	if(strcmp(out1,"scanfile")==0){
+		//start a new thread with the scanfile function
+		//std::thread t1(scanfile, out2);
+	}
+
+
+	delete[] out1;
+	delete[] out2;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif