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+/* getnline - Read a line from a stream, with bounded memory allocation.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+#ifndef GETNLINE_H
+#define GETNLINE_H 1
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#define GETNLINE_NO_LIMIT ((size_t) -1)
+
+/* Read a line, up to the next newline, from STREAM, and store it in *LINEPTR.
+ *LINEPTR is a pointer returned from malloc (or NULL), pointing to *LINESIZE
+ bytes of space. It is realloc'd as necessary. Reallocation is limited to
+ NMAX bytes; if the line is longer than that, the extra bytes are read but
+ thrown away.
+ Return the number of bytes read and stored at *LINEPTR (not including the
+ NUL terminator), or -1 on error or EOF. */
+extern ssize_t getnline (char **lineptr, size_t *linesize, size_t nmax,
+ FILE *stream);
+
+/* Read a line, up to the next occurrence of DELIMITER, from STREAM, and store
+ it in *LINEPTR.
+ *LINEPTR is a pointer returned from malloc (or NULL), pointing to *LINESIZE
+ bytes of space. It is realloc'd as necessary. Reallocation is limited to
+ NMAX bytes; if the line is longer than that, the extra bytes are read but
+ thrown away.
+ Return the number of bytes read and stored at *LINEPTR (not including the
+ NUL terminator), or -1 on error or EOF. */
+extern ssize_t getndelim (char **lineptr, size_t *linesize, size_t nmax,
+ int delimiter, FILE *stream);
+
+#endif /* GETNLINE_H */