diff --git a/cli.c b/cli.c
index f1a241e4040c42de6fbd27ee20273e5b0e93e82c..a06f19f65708e271899acbd4d3516acb0e9b2253 100644
--- a/cli.c
+++ b/cli.c
@@ -1019,17 +1019,8 @@ static struct ast_cli_entry *find_cli(char *cmds[], int exact)
 
 static void join(char *dest, size_t destsize, char *w[], int tws)
 {
-	int x;
-	/* Join words into a string */
-	if (!dest || destsize < 1) {
-		return;
-	}
-	dest[0] = '\0';
-	for (x=0;w[x];x++) {
-		if (x)
-			strncat(dest, " ", destsize - strlen(dest) - 1);
-		strncat(dest, w[x], destsize - strlen(dest) - 1);
-	}
+	ast_join(dest, destsize, w);	
+
 	if (tws && !ast_strlen_zero(dest))
 		strncat(dest, " ", destsize - strlen(dest) - 1);
 }
diff --git a/include/asterisk/strings.h b/include/asterisk/strings.h
index 13ecb3a5f84f3e93b1dc0ed6e038bde67c13c14d..1a827e625286f55a916a500953ad4ffa0ab8452c 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/strings.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/strings.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ void ast_copy_string(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size),
 }
 )
 
+
 /*!
   \brief Build a string in a buffer, designed to be called repeatedly
   
@@ -210,6 +211,18 @@ int ast_true(const char *val);
  */
 int ast_false(const char *val);
 
+/*
+  \brief Join an array of strings into a single string.
+  \param s the resulting string buffer
+  \param len the length of the result buffer, s
+  \param w an array of strings to join
+
+  This function will join all of the strings in the array 'w' into a single
+  string.  It will also place a space in the result buffer in between each
+  string from 'w'.
+*/
+void ast_join(char *s, size_t len, char * const w[]);
+
 /* The realloca lets us ast_restrdupa(), but you can't mix any other ast_strdup calls! */
 
 struct ast_realloca {
diff --git a/res/res_agi.c b/res/res_agi.c
index 9ec6f5cb6c09efa48905a62ee893a13ab2aa06a4..15b4c2a1ed3388d04aa26339f233940f07458055 100644
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -1627,22 +1627,6 @@ static agi_command commands[MAX_COMMANDS] = {
 	{ { "wait", "for", "digit", NULL }, handle_waitfordigit, "Waits for a digit to be pressed", usage_waitfordigit },
 };
 
-static void join(char *s, size_t len, char *w[])
-{
-	int x;
-
-	/* Join words into a string */
-	if (!s) {
-		return;
-	}
-	s[0] = '\0';
-	for (x=0; w[x]; x++) {
-		if (x)
-			strncat(s, " ", len - strlen(s) - 1);
-		strncat(s, w[x], len - strlen(s) - 1);
-	}
-}
-
 static int help_workhorse(int fd, char *match[])
 {
 	char fullcmd[80];
@@ -1650,20 +1634,17 @@ static int help_workhorse(int fd, char *match[])
 	int x;
 	struct agi_command *e;
 	if (match)
-		join(matchstr, sizeof(matchstr), match);
+		ast_join(matchstr, sizeof(matchstr), match);
 	for (x=0;x<sizeof(commands)/sizeof(commands[0]);x++) {
-		if (!commands[x].cmda[0]) break;
 		e = &commands[x]; 
-		if (e)
-			join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), e->cmda);
+		if (!e->cmda[0])
+			break;
 		/* Hide commands that start with '_' */
-		if (fullcmd[0] == '_')
+		if ((e->cmda[0])[0] == '_')
+			continue;
+		ast_join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), e->cmda);
+		if (match && strncasecmp(matchstr, fullcmd, strlen(matchstr)))
 			continue;
-		if (match) {
-			if (strncasecmp(matchstr, fullcmd, strlen(matchstr))) {
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
 		ast_cli(fd, "%20.20s   %s\n", fullcmd, e->summary);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1801,10 +1782,9 @@ normal:
 static int agi_handle_command(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, char *buf)
 {
 	char *argv[MAX_ARGS];
-	int argc = 0;
+	int argc = MAX_ARGS;
 	int res;
 	agi_command *c;
-	argc = MAX_ARGS;
 
 	parse_args(buf, &argc, argv);
 #if	0
@@ -1929,7 +1909,7 @@ static int handle_showagi(int fd, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			if (find_command(argv + 2, -1)) {
 				return help_workhorse(fd, argv + 1);
 			} else {
-				join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), argv+1);
+				ast_join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), argv+1);
 				ast_cli(fd, "No such command '%s'.\n", fullcmd);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1942,7 +1922,6 @@ static int handle_showagi(int fd, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 static int handle_dumpagihtml(int fd, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	struct agi_command *e;
 	char fullcmd[80];
-	char *tempstr;
 	int x;
 	FILE *htmlfile;
 
@@ -1961,29 +1940,27 @@ static int handle_dumpagihtml(int fd, int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	fprintf(htmlfile, "<TABLE BORDER=\"0\" CELLSPACING=\"10\">\n");
 
 	for (x=0;x<sizeof(commands)/sizeof(commands[0]);x++) {
-		char *stringp=NULL;
-		if (!commands[x].cmda[0]) break;
+		char *stringp, *tempstr;
+
 		e = &commands[x]; 
-		if (e)
-			join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), e->cmda);
+		if (!e->cmda[0])	/* end ? */
+			break;
 		/* Hide commands that start with '_' */
-		if (fullcmd[0] == '_')
+		if ((e->cmda[0])[0] == '_')
 			continue;
+		ast_join(fullcmd, sizeof(fullcmd), e->cmda);
 
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "<TR><TD><TABLE BORDER=\"1\" CELLPADDING=\"5\" WIDTH=\"100%%\">\n");
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "<TR><TH ALIGN=\"CENTER\"><B>%s - %s</B></TD></TR>\n", fullcmd,e->summary);
 
-
 		stringp=e->usage;
 		tempstr = strsep(&stringp, "\n");
 
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "<TR><TD ALIGN=\"CENTER\">%s</TD></TR>\n", tempstr);
 		
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "<TR><TD ALIGN=\"CENTER\">\n");
-		while ((tempstr = strsep(&stringp, "\n")) != NULL) {
-		fprintf(htmlfile, "%s<BR>\n",tempstr);
-
-		}
+		while ((tempstr = strsep(&stringp, "\n")) != NULL)
+			fprintf(htmlfile, "%s<BR>\n",tempstr);
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "</TD></TR>\n");
 		fprintf(htmlfile, "</TABLE></TD></TR>\n\n");
 
@@ -2016,9 +1993,8 @@ static int agi_exec_full(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data, int enhanced, int
 	ast_copy_string(buf, data, sizeof(buf));
 
 	memset(&agi, 0, sizeof(agi));
-        while ((stringp = strsep(&tmp, "|"))) {
+        while ((stringp = strsep(&tmp, "|")) && argc < MAX_ARGS-1)
 		argv[argc++] = stringp;
-        }
 	argv[argc] = NULL;
 
 	LOCAL_USER_ADD(u);
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index f104410503ac10ae3af03801a79192b8555fc26c..2432c97efde4938f5f987071f41399622169ab68 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -903,3 +903,22 @@ char *ast_process_quotes_and_slashes(char *start, char find, char replace_with)
 		*dataPut = 0;
 	return dataPut;
 }
+
+void ast_join(char *s, size_t len, char * const w[])
+{
+	int x, ofs = 0;
+	const char *src;
+
+	/* Join words into a string */
+	if (!s)
+		return;
+	for (x=0; ofs < len && w[x]; x++) {
+		if (x > 0)
+			s[ofs++] = ' ';
+		for (src = w[x]; *src && ofs < len; src++)
+			s[ofs++] = *src;
+	}
+	if (ofs == len)
+		ofs--;
+	s[ofs] = '\0';
+}