copylist(3G)copylist(3G)NAMEcopylist - copy a file into memory
SYNOPSIS
cc [flag ...] file ... -lgen [library ...]
#include <libgen.h>
char *copylist (const char *filenm, off_t *szptr);
DESCRIPTIONcopylist copies a list of items from a file into freshly allocated
memory, replacing new-lines with null characters. It expects two
arguments: a pointer filenm to the name of the file to be copied, and a
pointer szptr to a variable where the size of the file will be stored.
Upon success, copylist returns a pointer to the memory allocated.
Otherwise it returns NULL if it has trouble finding the file, calling
malloc, or opening the file.
EXAMPLES
/* read "file" into buf */
off_t size;
char *buf;
buf = copylist("file", &size);
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
if(buf[i])
putchar(buf[i]);
else
putchar('\n');
SEE ALSOmalloc(3C)
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