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/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
/*
 * Utility routines.
 *
 * Copyright (C) many different people.  If you wrote this, please
 * acknowledge your work.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include "libbb.h"



/* get_line_from_file() - This function reads an entire line from a text file
 * up to a newline. It returns a malloc'ed char * which must be stored and
 * free'ed  by the caller. */
extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
{
	static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */

	int ch;
	int idx = 0;
	char *linebuf = NULL;
	int linebufsz = 0;

	while (1) {
		ch = fgetc(file);
		if (ch == EOF)
			break;
		/* grow the line buffer as necessary */
		while (idx > linebufsz-2)
			linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
		linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
		if ((char)ch == '\n')
			break;
	}

	if (idx == 0)
		return NULL;

	linebuf[idx] = 0;
	return linebuf;
}


/* END CODE */
/*
Local Variables:
c-file-style: "linux"
c-basic-offset: 4
tab-width: 4
End:
*/