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