getdelim.3p (6251B)
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- .TH GETDELIM "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
- .\"
- .SH PROLOG
- This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
- The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
- the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
- or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
- .\"
- .SH NAME
- getdelim, getline
- \(em read a delimited record from
- .IR stream
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .LP
- .nf
- #include <stdio.h>
- .P
- ssize_t getdelim(char **restrict \fIlineptr\fP, size_t *restrict \fIn\fP,
- int \fIdelimiter\fP, FILE *restrict \fIstream\fP);
- ssize_t getline(char **restrict \fIlineptr\fP, size_t *restrict \fIn\fP,
- FILE *restrict \fIstream\fP);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- The
- \fIgetdelim\fR()
- function shall read from
- .IR stream
- until it encounters a character matching the
- .IR delimiter
- character. The
- .IR delimiter
- argument is an
- .BR int ,
- the value of which the application shall ensure is a character
- representable as an
- .BR "unsigned char"
- of equal value that terminates the read process. If the
- .IR delimiter
- argument has any other value, the behavior is undefined.
- .P
- The application shall ensure that
- .IR *lineptr
- is a valid argument that could be passed to the
- \fIfree\fR()
- function. If
- .IR *n
- is non-zero, the application shall ensure that
- .IR *lineptr
- either points to an object of size at least
- .IR *n
- bytes, or is a null pointer.
- .P
- If
- .IR *lineptr
- is a null pointer or if the object pointed to by
- .IR *lineptr
- is of insufficient size, an object shall be allocated as if by
- \fImalloc\fR()
- or the object shall be reallocated as if by
- \fIrealloc\fR(),
- respectively, such that the object is large enough to hold
- the characters to be written to it, including the terminating NUL,
- and
- .IR *n
- shall be set to the new size. If the object was allocated,
- or if the reallocation operation moved the object,
- .IR *lineptr
- shall be updated to point to the new object or new location.
- The characters read, including any delimiter, shall be stored
- in the object, and a terminating NUL added when the delimiter
- or end-of-file is encountered.
- .P
- The
- \fIgetline\fR()
- function shall be equivalent to the
- \fIgetdelim\fR()
- function with the
- .IR delimiter
- character equal to the
- <newline>
- character.
- .P
- The
- \fIgetdelim\fR()
- and
- \fIgetline\fR()
- functions may mark the last data access timestamp of the file associated
- with
- .IR stream
- for update. The last data access timestamp shall be marked for update
- by the first successful execution of
- \fIfgetc\fR(),
- \fIfgets\fR(),
- \fIfread\fR(),
- \fIfscanf\fR(),
- \fIgetc\fR(),
- \fIgetchar\fR(),
- \fIgetdelim\fR(),
- \fIgetline\fR(),
- \fIgets\fR(),
- or
- \fIscanf\fR()
- using
- .IR stream
- that returns data not supplied by a prior call to
- \fIungetc\fR().
- .SH "RETURN VALUE"
- Upon successful completion, the
- \fIgetline\fR()
- and
- \fIgetdelim\fR()
- functions shall return the number of bytes written into the buffer,
- including the delimiter character if one was encountered before EOF,
- but excluding the terminating NUL character. If the end-of-file
- indicator for the stream is set, or if no characters were read and the
- stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file indicator for the
- stream shall be set and the function shall return \-1.
- If an error occurs, the error indicator for the stream shall be set,
- and the function shall return \-1 and set
- .IR errno
- to indicate the error.
- .SH ERRORS
- For the conditions under which the
- \fIgetdelim\fR()
- and
- \fIgetline\fR()
- functions shall fail and may fail, refer to
- .IR "\fIfgetc\fR\^(\|)".
- .P
- In addition, these functions shall fail if:
- .TP
- .BR EINVAL
- .IR lineptr
- or
- .IR n
- is a null pointer.
- .TP
- .BR ENOMEM
- Insufficient memory is available.
- .br
- .P
- These functions may fail if:
- .TP
- .BR EOVERFLOW
- The number of bytes to be written into the buffer, including the
- delimiter character (if encountered), would exceed
- {SSIZE_MAX}.
- .LP
- .IR "The following sections are informative."
- .SH EXAMPLES
- .sp
- .RS 4
- .nf
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- .P
- int main(void)
- {
- FILE *fp;
- char *line = NULL;
- size_t len = 0;
- ssize_t read;
- fp = fopen("/etc/motd", "r");
- if (fp == NULL)
- exit(1);
- while ((read = getline(&line, &len, fp)) != -1) {
- printf("Retrieved line of length %zu :\en", read);
- printf("%s", line);
- }
- if (ferror(fp)) {
- /* handle error */
- }
- free(line);
- fclose(fp);
- return 0;
- }
- .fi
- .P
- .RE
- .SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
- Setting
- .IR *lineptr
- to a null pointer and
- .IR *n
- to zero are allowed and a recommended way to start parsing a file.
- .P
- The
- \fIferror\fR()
- or
- \fIfeof\fR()
- functions should be used to distinguish between an error condition and
- an end-of-file condition.
- .P
- Although a NUL terminator is always supplied after the line, note that
- .IR strlen (* lineptr )
- will be smaller than the return value if the line contains embedded
- NUL characters.
- .SH RATIONALE
- These functions are widely used to solve the problem that the
- \fIfgets\fR()
- function has with long lines. The functions automatically enlarge the
- target buffers if needed. These are especially useful since they reduce
- code needed for applications.
- .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
- None.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IR "Section 2.5" ", " "Standard I/O Streams",
- .IR "\fIfgetc\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIfgets\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIfree\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImalloc\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIrealloc\fR\^(\|)"
- .P
- The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
- .IR "\fB<stdio.h>\fP"
- .\"
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
- from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
- -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
- Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
- Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
- In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
- The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
- is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
- http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
- .PP
- Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
- in this page are most likely
- to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
- man page format. To report such errors, see
- https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .