Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:54:04 -0500 From: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getline function Message-ID: <43F75F3C.7080903@voidmain.net> In-Reply-To: <43F75DF6.3050903@mac.com> References: <43F68C7D.9010403@voidmain.net> <1140233843.982.21.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> <43F74361.90109@voidmain.net> <43F75DF6.3050903@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Tom Grove wrote: > >> Mike Jeays wrote: >> > [ ... ] > >> That works and I had looked into that earlier...it seems like it does a >> lot more than just one function from the man page. I guess I can use >> that for now but I wonder why getline() is broken in gcc on FreeBSD? >> > > getline() is not part of the standard C library. > What makes you think gcc is broken...? > > Yeah...I see that after some more research. So, now I guess my question is being that it's not standard and gets() is not safe to use what should I use to grab lines? My gut tells me to copy the getline() function from the K&R book but I'm not totally sure that's a great idea either. Stupid strings always causing problems! -Tom
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