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GETDELIM(3)              BSD Library Functions Manual              GETDELIM(3)

NAME
     getdelim, getline -- read a delimited record from a stream

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

     ssize_t
     getdelim(char ** restrict lineptr, size_t * restrict n, int delimiter,
         FILE * restrict stream);

     ssize_t
     getline(char ** restrict lineptr, size_t * restrict n,
         FILE * restrict stream);

DESCRIPTION
     The getdelim() function reads from the stream until it encounters a
     character matching delimiter, storing the input in *lineptr.  The buffer
     is NUL-terminated and includes the delimiter.  The delimiter character
     must be representable as an unsigned char.

     If *n is non-zero, then *lineptr must be pre-allocated to at least *n
     bytes.  The buffer should be allocated dynamically; it must be possible
     to free(3) *lineptr.  getdelim() ensures that *lineptr is large enough to
     hold the input, updating *n to reflect the new size.

     The getline() function is equivalent to getdelim() with delimiter set to
     the newline character.

RETURN VALUES
     The getdelim() and getline() functions return the number of characters
     read, including the delimiter.  If no characters were read and the stream
     is at end-of-file, the functions return -1.  If an error occurs, the
     functions return -1 and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

     The functions do not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and
     callers must use feof(3) and ferror(3) to determine which occurred.

EXAMPLES
     The following code fragment reads lines from a file and writes them to
     standard output.

           char *line = NULL;
           size_t linesize = 0;
           ssize_t linelen;

           while ((linelen = getline(&line, &linesize, fp)) != -1)
                   fwrite(line, linelen, 1, stdout);

           if (ferror(fp))
                   perror("getline");

ERRORS
     [EINVAL]     lineptr or n is a NULL pointer.

     [EOVERFLOW]  More than SSIZE_MAX characters were read without
                  encountering the delimiter.

     The getdelim() and getline() functions may also fail and set errno for
     any of the errors specified in the routines fflush(3), malloc(3),
     read(2), stat(2), or realloc(3).

SEE ALSO
     ferror(3), fgets(3), fopen(3)

STANDARDS
     The getdelim() and getline() functions conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
     ("POSIX.1").

BSD                              June 30, 2010                             BSD

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