bgets(3G)                                                  bgets(3G)


       NAME
             bgets - read stream up to next delimiter

       SYNOPSIS
             cc [flag . . . ] file . . . -lgen [library] . . .
             #include <libgen.h>
             char *bgets(char *buffer, size_t *count, FILE *stream,
                   const char *breakstring);

       DESCRIPTION
             bgets reads characters from stream into buffer until either
             count is exhausted or one of the characters in breakstring is
             encountered in the stream.  The read data is terminated with a
             null byte ('\0') and a pointer to the trailing null is
             returned.  If a breakstring character is encountered, the last
             non-null is the delimiter character that terminated the scan.

             Note that, except for the fact that the returned value points
             to the end of the read string rather than to the beginning,
             the call

                   bgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, stream, "\n");

             is identical to

                   fgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, stream);

             There is always enough room reserved in the buffer for the
             trailing null.

             If breakstring is a null pointer, the value of breakstring
             from the previous call is used.  If breakstring is null at the
             first call, no characters will be used to delimit the string.

       Return Values
             NULL is returned on error or end-of-file.  Reporting the
             condition is delayed to the next call if any characters were
             read but not yet returned.

       Examples
                   #include    <libgen.h>
                   char buffer[8];
                   /* read in first user name from /etc/passwd */
                   fp = fopen("/etc/passwd","r");
                   bgets(buffer, 8, fp, ":");



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      bgets(3G)                                                  bgets(3G)


      REFERENCES
            gets(3S)














































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