1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
2 /* getline.c -- Replacement for GNU C library function getline
4 * Copyright (C) 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 /* Written by Jan Brittenson, bson@gnu.ai.mit.edu. */
12 /* Always add at least this many bytes when extending the buffer. */
15 /* Read up to (and including) a TERMINATOR from STREAM into *LINEPTR
16 + OFFSET (and null-terminate it). *LINEPTR is a pointer returned from
17 malloc (or NULL), pointing to *N characters of space. It is realloc'd
18 as necessary. Return the number of characters read (not including the
19 null terminator), or -1 on error or EOF.
20 NOTE: There is another getstr() function declared in <curses.h>. */
21 static int getstr(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream,
22 char terminator, size_t offset)
24 int nchars_avail; /* Allocated but unused chars in *LINEPTR. */
25 char *read_pos; /* Where we're reading into *LINEPTR. */
28 if (!lineptr || !n || !stream)
33 *lineptr = malloc(*n);
38 nchars_avail = *n - offset;
39 read_pos = *lineptr + offset;
42 register int c = getc(stream);
44 /* We always want at least one char left in the buffer, since we
45 always (unless we get an error while reading the first char)
46 NUL-terminate the line buffer. */
48 assert(*n - nchars_avail == read_pos - *lineptr);
49 if (nchars_avail < 2) {
55 nchars_avail = *n + *lineptr - read_pos;
56 *lineptr = realloc(*lineptr, *n);
59 read_pos = *n - nchars_avail + *lineptr;
60 assert(*n - nchars_avail == read_pos - *lineptr);
63 if (c == EOF || ferror (stream)) {
64 /* Return partial line, if any. */
65 if (read_pos == *lineptr)
75 /* Return the line. */
79 /* Done - NUL terminate and return the number of chars read. */
82 ret = read_pos - (*lineptr + offset);
86 int getline (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream)
88 return getstr(lineptr, n, stream, '\n', 0);