FGETLN(3)                      Library Routines                      FGETLN(3)

NAME

       fgetln - get a line from a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       char *fgetln (FILE *stream, size_t *len);

DESCRIPTION

       The  fgetln function returns a pointer to the next line from the stream
       referenced by stream This line is not a C string as  it  does  not  end
       with  a  terminating  NUL character.  The length of the line, including
       the final newline, is stored  in  the  memory  location  to  which  len
       points.   (Note,  however,  that if the line is the last in a file that
       does not end in a newline, the returned text will not  contain  a  new‐
       line.)

RETURN VALUES

       Upon  successful completion a pointer is returned; this pointer becomes
       invalid after the next I/O operation on stream (whether  successful  or
       not)  or as soon as the stream is closed.  Otherwise, NULL is returned.
       The fgetln function does not distinguish between end-of-file and error;
       the  routines feof(3) and ferror(3) must be used to determine which oc‐
       curred.  If an error occurs, the global variable errno is set to  indi‐
       cate  the  error.   The  end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a
       terminal, and all subsequent attempts to read will  return  NULL  until
       the condition is cleared with clearerr(3).

       The text to which the returned pointer points may be modified, provided
       that no changes are made beyond the returned size.  These  changes  are
       lost as soon as the pointer becomes invalid.

ERRORS

              EBADF  The argument stream is not a stream open for reading.

       The  fgetln  function may also fail and set errno for any of the errors
       specified for the routines fflush(3), malloc(3), read(2),  stat(2),  or
       realloc(3).

SEE ALSO

       ferror(3), fgets(3), fopen(3), putc(3)

HISTORY

       The fgetln function first appeared in 4.4BSD.



GNO                              19 April 1997                       FGETLN(3)