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/* Part of publib.

   Copyright (c) 1994-2006 Lars Wirzenius.  All rights reserved.

   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
   are met:

   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
      with the distribution.

   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
   OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
   WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
   ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
   DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
   DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
   GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
   INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
   WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
   NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
   SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/*
 * getaline.c -- read arbitrarily long line from file
 *
 * Part of publib.  See man page for more information
 * "@(#)publib-files:$Id: getaline.c,v 1.4 1996/04/28 14:01:19 liw Exp $"
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "publib/errormsg.h"
#include "publib/files.h"

char *getaline(FILE *f) {
	char *buf;		/* buffer for line */
	size_t size;		/* size of buffer */
	size_t inc;		/* how much to enlarge buffer */
	size_t len;		/* # of chars stored into buf before '\0' */
	char *p;
	const size_t thres = 128; /* initial buffer size (most lines should
				     fit into this size, so think of this as
				     the "long line threshold").  */
	const size_t mucho = 128; /* if there is at least this much wasted
				     space when the whole buffer has been
				     read, try to reclaim it.  Don't make
				     this too small, else there is too much
				     time wasted trying to reclaim a couple
				     of bytes.  */
	const size_t mininc = 64; /* minimum number of bytes by which
				     to increase the allocated memory */

	len = 0;
	size = thres;
	buf = malloc(size);
	if (buf == NULL) {
		__publib_error("malloc failed");
		return NULL;
	}

	while (fgets(buf+len, size-len, f) != NULL) {
		len += strlen(buf+len);
		if (len > 0 && buf[len-1] == '\n')
			break;		/* the whole line has been read */

		for (inc = size, p = NULL; inc > mininc; inc /= 2)
			if ((p = realloc(buf, size + inc)) != NULL)
				break;

		if (p == NULL) {
			__publib_error("realloc failed");
			free(buf);
			return NULL;	/* couldn't get more memory */
		}

		size += inc;
		buf = p;
	}

	if (len == 0) {
		if (ferror(f))
			__publib_error("I/O error");
		free(buf);
		return NULL;	/* nothing read (eof or error) */
	}

	if (buf[len-1] == '\n')	/* remove newline, if there */
		buf[--len] = '\0';

	if (size - len > mucho) { /* a plenitude of unused memory? */
		p = realloc(buf, len+1);
		if (p != NULL) {
			buf = p;
			size = len+1;
		}
	}

	return buf;
}