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1 /* getstr.c -- core function for GNU C library getline replacement function
3 Copyright (C) 1993, 1996-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 /* Written by Jan Brittenson, bson@gnu.ai.mit.edu. */
21 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
22 # include <config.h>
23 #endif
25 #include <stdio.h>
26 #include <sys/types.h>
28 #if STDC_HEADERS
29 # include <stdlib.h>
30 #else
31 char *malloc (), *realloc ();
32 #endif
34 #include "unlocked-io.h"
36 /* Always add at least this many bytes when extending the buffer. */
37 #define MIN_CHUNK 64
39 /* Read up to (and including) a delimiter DELIM1 from STREAM into *LINEPTR
40 + OFFSET (and NUL-terminate it). If DELIM2 is non-zero, then read up
41 and including the first occurrence of DELIM1 or DELIM2. *LINEPTR is
42 a pointer returned from malloc (or NULL), pointing to *N characters of
43 space. It is realloc'd as necessary. Return the number of characters
44 read (not including the NUL terminator), or -1 on error or EOF. */
46 int
47 getstr (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream, int delim1, int delim2,
48 size_t offset)
50 size_t nchars_avail; /* Allocated but unused chars in *LINEPTR. */
51 char *read_pos; /* Where we're reading into *LINEPTR. */
52 int ret;
54 if (!lineptr || !n || !stream)
55 return -1;
57 if (!*lineptr)
59 *n = MIN_CHUNK;
60 *lineptr = malloc (*n);
61 if (!*lineptr)
62 return -1;
65 if (*n < offset)
66 return -1;
68 nchars_avail = *n - offset;
69 read_pos = *lineptr + offset;
71 for (;;)
73 register int c = getc (stream);
75 /* We always want at least one char left in the buffer, since we
76 always (unless we get an error while reading the first char)
77 NUL-terminate the line buffer. */
79 if (nchars_avail < 2)
81 if (*n > MIN_CHUNK)
82 *n *= 2;
83 else
84 *n += MIN_CHUNK;
86 nchars_avail = *n + *lineptr - read_pos;
87 *lineptr = realloc (*lineptr, *n);
88 if (!*lineptr)
89 return -1;
90 read_pos = *n - nchars_avail + *lineptr;
93 if (c == EOF || ferror (stream))
95 /* Return partial line, if any. */
96 if (read_pos == *lineptr)
97 return -1;
98 else
99 break;
102 *read_pos++ = c;
103 nchars_avail--;
105 if (c == delim1 || (delim2 && c == delim2))
106 /* Return the line. */
107 break;
110 /* Done - NUL terminate and return the number of chars read. */
111 *read_pos = '\0';
113 ret = read_pos - (*lineptr + offset);
114 return ret;