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authorDenis Vlasenko2006-11-30 16:41:15 +0000
committerDenis Vlasenko2006-11-30 16:41:15 +0000
commitab24e18c7a32ee1637be19f239e9dd9d7c7f6534 (patch)
tree2646cfd66b5a8d279ad360aaa989a814eeecfd64 /libbb/get_line_from_file.c
parentb8bb27c7ea37c9885b1ded36d0f7807a09ede712 (diff)
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passwd: rework:
* do not make backup copy by copying (just retain old file) * correctly fall back to /etc/passwd if user is not in shadow * fix bug with overlong passwd entries * be permissive on some kinds of failures * reduce stack usage * code size: -500 bytes
Diffstat (limited to 'libbb/get_line_from_file.c')
-rw-r--r--libbb/get_line_from_file.c14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
index 969d808..b424d59 100644
--- a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
+++ b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
* Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
*/
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
#include "libbb.h"
-/* get_line_from_file() - This function reads an entire line from a text file,
+/* This function reads an entire line from a text file,
* up to a newline or NUL byte. It returns a malloc'ed char * which must be
* stored and free'ed by the caller. If end is null '\n' isn't considered
* end of line. If end isn't null, length of the chunk read is stored in it. */
@@ -37,10 +35,12 @@ char *bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE * file, int *end)
if (end)
*end = idx;
if (linebuf) {
- if (ferror(file)) {
- free(linebuf);
- return NULL;
- }
+ // huh, is fgets discards prior data on error like this?
+ // I don't think so....
+ //if (ferror(file)) {
+ // free(linebuf);
+ // return NULL;
+ //}
linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, idx+1);
linebuf[idx] = 0;
}