1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
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28 /* get_line_from_file() - This function reads an entire line from a text file
29 * up to a newline. It returns a malloc'ed char * which must be stored and
30 * free'ed by the caller. */
31 extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
33 static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */
44 /* grow the line buffer as necessary */
45 while (idx > linebufsz-2)
46 linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
47 linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
48 if (ch == '\n' || ch == '\0')