while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
chAttr="${1%%=*}"
chValue="${1#*=}"
shift
case "$chAttr" in
"name") # user name
chRemUser="$chValue";;
"hostname") # host name
(( iRemHostPtr += 1 )) # add new element to array
typeset achRemHost[$iRemHostPtr]="$chValue";;
*) (( iAttr = 1 ))
(( lFoundAttr = 0 ))
while [ $iAttr -le ${#achAttr[*]} -a $lFoundAttr -eq 0 ] ; do
if [ "${achAttr[$iAttr]}" == "$chAttr" ] ; then
# protect values with blanks
if [ "$chValue" == "${chValue% *}" ] ; then
achValue[$iAttr]="$chValue"
else
achValue[$iAttr]="'$chValue'"
fi
(( lFoundAttr = 1 ))
fi
(( iAttr += 1 ))
done
if (( lFoundAttr == 0 )) ; then
if (( lStrictChecking == 1 )) ; then
f_CmdError "Unknown Attribute $chAttr ($chValue) found. Aborting:"
f_die 1
else
f_CmdWarning "Ignoring unknown Attribute $chAttr ($chValue)"
fi
fi
;;
esac
done

while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
     chAttr="${1%%=*}"
     chValue="${1#*=}"
     shift

     case "$chAttr" in
          "name")                                # user name
               chRemUser="$chValue"
               ;;

          "hostname")                            # host name
               (( iRemHostPtr += 1 ))            # add new element to array
               typeset achRemHost[$iRemHostPtr]="$chValue"
               ;;

          *)
               (( iAttr = 1 ))
               (( lFoundAttr = 0 ))
               while [ $iAttr -le ${#achAttr[*]} -a $lFoundAttr -eq 0 ] ; do
                    if [ "${achAttr[$iAttr]}" == "$chAttr" ] ; then
                                                 # protect values with blanks
                         if [ "$chValue" == "${chValue% *}" ] ; then
                              achValue[$iAttr]="$chValue"
                         else
                              achValue[$iAttr]="'$chValue'"
                         fi
                         (( lFoundAttr = 1 ))
                    fi
                    (( iAttr += 1 ))
               done
               if (( lFoundAttr == 0 )) ; then
                    if (( lStrictChecking == 1 )) ; then
                         f_CmdError "Unknown Attribute $chAttr ($chValue) found. Aborting:"
                         f_die 1
                    else
                         f_CmdWarning "Ignoring unknown Attribute $chAttr ($chValue)"
                    fi
               fi

               ;;

     esac
done