/* * Read a line from a descriptor. Read the line one byte at a time, * looking for the newline. We store the newline in the buffer, * then follow it with a null (the same as fgets(3)). * We return the number of characters up to, but not including, * the null (the same as strlen(3)). */ int readline(fd, ptr, maxlen) register int fd; register char *ptr; register int maxlen; { int n, rc; char c; 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 was read */ } else return(-1); /* error */ } *ptr = 0; return(n); }