NAME¶

getline() - reads a line from standard input

SYNOPSIS¶

int getline(buffer,length)
char *buffer;
int length;

DESCRIPTION¶

getline() reads up to length characters from the standard input using getc() (q.v.). The transfer is also terminated by a newline, end of file, or read error. The buffer is NULL ('\0') terminated with the new line removed.

RETURNS¶

Returns either the number of bytes in the buffer or a standard system error code (including EOF).

NOTES¶

getline() always reads to the end of the input line, even if the line is longer than the buffer.