NAME fgets - read the next line from a file, newline is kept SYNOPSIS fgets(fd) TYPES fd file return str or nil DESCRIPTION This function reads the next line, including any trailing newline from the open file associated with fd. Unlike fgetline, the trailing newline is included in the return string. If a line is read, it is returned, otherwise (EOF or ERROR) nil is returned. EXAMPLE ; fd = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "w") ; fputs(fd, "chongo was here\n") ; fd2 = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "r") ; fgets(fd2) "chongo was here " ; fclose(fd2) ; fd2 = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "r") ; fgetline(fd2) "chongo was here" LIMITS fd must be associated with an open file LINK LIBRARY none SEE ALSO errno, fclose, feof, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetline, fgets, files, fopen, fprintf, fputc, fputs, fseek, fsize, ftell, isfile, printf, prompt ## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ## ## @(#) $Revision: 30.1 $ ## @(#) $Id: fgets,v 30.1 2007/03/16 11:10:42 chongo Exp $ ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/bin/calc/help/RCS/fgets,v $ ## ## Under source code control: 1995/03/04 11:33:19 ## File existed as early as: 1995 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/