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diff --git a/lib/getnline.h b/lib/getnline.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac389bc --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/getnline.h @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +/* 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 */ |