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.TH BGETS 3GEN "May 9, 2001"
.SH NAME
bgets \- read stream up to next delimiter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lgen\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <libgen.h>

\fBchar *\fR\fBbgets\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIbuffer\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIcount\fR, \fBFILE  *\fR\fIstream\fR,
     \fBconst char *\fR\fIbreakstring\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBbgets()\fR function reads characters from \fIstream\fR into \fIbuffer\fR
until either \fIcount\fR is exhausted or one of the characters in
\fIbreakstring\fR is encountered in the stream. The read data is terminated
with a null byte ('\fB\e0\fR\&') and a pointer to the trailing null is
returned. If a \fIbreakstring\fR character is encountered, the last non-null is
the delimiter character that  terminated the scan.
.sp
.LP
Note that, except for the fact that the returned value points to the \fBend\fR
of the read string rather than to the beginning, the call
.sp
.in +2
.nf
bgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, stream, "\en");
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
is identical to
.sp
.in +2
.nf
fgets (buffer, sizeof buffer, stream);
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
There is always enough room reserved in the buffer for the trailing null
character.
.sp
.LP
If \fIbreakstring\fR is a null pointer, the value of \fIbreakstring\fR from the
previous call is used. If \fIbreakstring\fR is null at the first call, no
characters will be used to delimit the string.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
\fINULL\fR 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.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRExample of the \fBbgets()\fR function.
.sp
.LP
The following example prints the name of the first user encountered in
\fB/etc/passswd\fR, including a trailing ":"

.sp
.in +2
.nf
#include <stdio.h>
#include<libgen.h>

int main()
{
    char buffer[8];
    FILE *fp;

    if ((fp = fopen("/etc/passwd","r")) == NULL) {
        perror("/etc/passwd");
        return 1;
    }
    if (bgets(buffer, 8, fp, ":") == NULL) {
        perror("bgets");
        return 1;
    }
    (void) puts(buffer);
    return 0;
}
.fi
.in -2

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBgets\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
When compiling multithread applications, the \fB_REENTRANT\fR flag must be
defined on the compile line.  This flag should only be used in multithreaded
applications.