getline.c

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/* getline.c -- Replacement for GNU C library function getline

Copyright (C) 1993 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 of the
License, 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.  */

/* Written by Jan Brittenson, bson@gnu.ai.mit.edu.  */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#if ! HAVE_GETLINE

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>

#if STDC_HEADERS
#include <stdlib.h>
#else
char *malloc (), *realloc ();
#endif

/* Always add at least this many bytes when extending the buffer.  */
#define MIN_CHUNK 64

/* Read up to (and including) a TERMINATOR from STREAM into *LINEPTR
   + OFFSET (and null-terminate it). *LINEPTR is a pointer returned from
   malloc (or NULL), pointing to *N characters of space.  It is realloc'd
   as necessary.  Return the number of characters read (not including the
   null terminator), or -1 on error or EOF.  On a -1 return, the caller
   should check feof(), if not then errno has been set to indicate
   the error.  */

int
getstr (lineptr, n, stream, terminator, offset)
     char **lineptr;
     size_t *n;
     FILE *stream;
     char terminator;
     int offset;
{
  int nchars_avail;             /* Allocated but unused chars in *LINEPTR.  */
  char *read_pos;               /* Where we're reading into *LINEPTR. */
  int ret;

  if (!lineptr || !n || !stream)
    {
      errno = EINVAL;
      return -1;
    }

  if (!*lineptr)
    {
      *n = MIN_CHUNK;
      *lineptr = malloc (*n);
      if (!*lineptr)
        {
          errno = ENOMEM;
          return -1;
        }
    }

  nchars_avail = *n - offset;
  read_pos = *lineptr + offset;

  for (;;)
    {
      int save_errno;
      register int c = getc (stream);

      save_errno = errno;

      /* We always want at least one char left in the buffer, since we
         always (unless we get an error while reading the first char)
         NUL-terminate the line buffer.  */

      assert((*lineptr + *n) == (read_pos + nchars_avail));
      if (nchars_avail < 2)
        {
          if (*n > MIN_CHUNK)
            *n *= 2;
          else
            *n += MIN_CHUNK;

          nchars_avail = *n + *lineptr - read_pos;
          *lineptr = realloc (*lineptr, *n);
          if (!*lineptr)
            {
              errno = ENOMEM;
              return -1;
            }
          read_pos = *n - nchars_avail + *lineptr;
          assert((*lineptr + *n) == (read_pos + nchars_avail));
        }

      if (ferror (stream))
        {
          /* Might like to return partial line, but there is no
             place for us to store errno.  And we don't want to just
             lose errno.  */
          errno = save_errno;
          return -1;
        }

      if (c == EOF)
        {
          /* Return partial line, if any.  */
          if (read_pos == *lineptr)
            return -1;
          else
            break;
        }

      *read_pos++ = c;
      nchars_avail--;

      if (c == terminator)
        /* Return the line.  */
        break;
    }

  /* Done - NUL terminate and return the number of chars read.  */
  *read_pos = '\0';

  ret = read_pos - (*lineptr + offset);
  return ret;
}

int
getline (lineptr, n, stream)
     char **lineptr;
     size_t *n;
     FILE *stream;
{
  return getstr (lineptr, n, stream, '\n', 0);
}

#endif /* !HAVE_GETLINE */