NAME
fgetline - get a line from a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
char *fgetline(stream, len)
FILE *stream;
size_t *len;
DESCRIPTION
The fgetline function returns a pointer to the next line
from the
stream referenced by stream. The newline character at the
end of
the line is replaced by a NUL.
If len is non-NULL, the length
of the line, not counting the
terminating NUL, is stored in the memory location it
references.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion a pointer is returned; this
pointer
becomes invalid after the next I/O operation on stream
(whether
successful or not) or as soon as the stream is closed.
Otherwise,
NULL is returned. The fgetline function does not distinguish
between end-of-file and error; the routines feof(3) and
ferror(3)
must be used to determine which occurred. If an error
occurrs, the
global variable errno is set to indicate the error. The
end-of-
file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all
subsequent attempts to read will return NULL until the
condition is
cleared with clearerr(3).
The text to which the returned
pointer points may be modified,
provided that no changes are made beyond the terminating
NUL.
These changes are lost as soon as the pointer becomes
invalid.
ERRORS
[EBADF]
The argument stream is not a stream open for reading.
The fgetline function may also
fail and set errno for any of the
errors specified for the routines fflush(3), malloc(3),
read(2),
stat(2), or realloc(3).
SEE ALSO
ferror(3), fgets(3), fopen(3), putc(3)
The fgetline function is currently under development.
BUGS
It is not possible to tell whether the final line of an
input file
was terminated with a newline.