BGETS(3G-SVR4)      RISC/os Reference Manual       BGETS(3G-SVR4)



NAME
     bgets - read stream up to next delimiter

SYNOPSIS
     cc [flag ...] file ... -lgen [library ...]

     #include <libgen.h>

     char *bgets (char *buffer, sizet *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.

EXAMPLES
     #include  <libgen.h>

     char buffer[8];
     /* read in first user name from /etc/passwd */
     fp = fopen("/etc/passwd","r");
     bgets(buffer, 8, fp, ":");

DIAGNOSTICS
     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.





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SEE ALSO
     gets(3S).





















































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