/* * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2001 * * 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ /***************************************************************************** * readline.c ******************************************************************************/ #include <unistd.h> /* Read line from a descriptor, byte at a time, return number of characters up to the null */ int readline(int fd, char *ptr, int maxlen) { int n, rc; char c; /* printf("readline: fd = %d\n", fd); */ for (n = 1; n < maxlen; n++) { if ((rc = read(fd, &c, 1)) == 1) { *ptr++ = c; if (c == '\n') break; } else if (rc == 0) { if (n == 1) return 0; /* EOF no data read */ else break; /* EOF, some data read */ } else return (-1); /* error */ } *ptr = 0; return (n); }