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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/getline.3 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/getline.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e94354e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/getline.3 @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk> +.\" Based in part on GNU libc documentation +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH getline 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04" +.SH NAME +getline, getdelim \- delimited string input +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <stdio.h> +.PP +.BI "ssize_t getline(char **restrict " lineptr ", size_t *restrict " n , +.BI " FILE *restrict " stream ); +.BI "ssize_t getdelim(char **restrict " lineptr ", size_t *restrict " n , +.BI " int " delim ", FILE *restrict " stream ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR getline (), +.BR getdelim (): +.nf + Since glibc 2.10: + _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L + Before glibc 2.10: + _GNU_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR getline () +reads an entire line from \fIstream\fP, +storing the address of the buffer containing the text into +.IR *lineptr . +The buffer is null-terminated and includes the newline character, if +one was found. +.PP +If +.I *lineptr +is set to NULL before the call, then +.BR getline () +will allocate a buffer for storing the line. +This buffer should be freed by the user program +even if +.BR getline () +failed. +.PP +Alternatively, before calling +.BR getline (), +.I *lineptr +can contain a pointer to a +.BR malloc (3)\-allocated +buffer +.I *n +bytes in size. +If the buffer is not large enough to hold the line, +.BR getline () +resizes it with +.BR realloc (3), +updating +.I *lineptr +and +.I *n +as necessary. +.PP +In either case, on a successful call, +.I *lineptr +and +.I *n +will be updated to reflect the buffer address and allocated size respectively. +.PP +.BR getdelim () +works like +.BR getline (), +except that a line delimiter other than newline can be specified as the +.I delimiter +argument. +As with +.BR getline (), +a delimiter character is not added if one was not present +in the input before end of file was reached. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR getline () +and +.BR getdelim () +return the number of characters read, including the delimiter character, +but not including the terminating null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq]). +This value can be used +to handle embedded null bytes in the line read. +.PP +Both functions return \-1 on failure to read a line (including end-of-file +condition). +In the event of a failure, +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.PP +If +.I *lineptr +was set to NULL before the call, then the buffer should be freed by the +user program even on failure. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +Bad arguments +.RI ( n +or +.I lineptr +is NULL, or +.I stream +is not valid). +.TP +.B ENOMEM +Allocation or reallocation of the line buffer failed. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.ad l +.nh +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.BR getline (), +.BR getdelim () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.hy +.ad +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +GNU, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH EXAMPLES +.\" SRC BEGIN (getline.c) +.EX +#define _GNU_SOURCE +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> + +int +main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + FILE *stream; + char *line = NULL; + size_t len = 0; + ssize_t nread; + + if (argc != 2) { + fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <file>\en", argv[0]); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + stream = fopen(argv[1], "r"); + if (stream == NULL) { + perror("fopen"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + while ((nread = getline(&line, &len, stream)) != \-1) { + printf("Retrieved line of length %zd:\en", nread); + fwrite(line, nread, 1, stdout); + } + + free(line); + fclose(stream); + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); +} +.EE +.\" SRC END +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR read (2), +.BR fgets (3), +.BR fopen (3), +.BR fread (3), +.BR scanf (3) |