glibc/stdio/gets.c

/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <ansidecl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>

link_warning ("the `gets' function is unreliable and should not be used.")

/* Read a newline-terminated string from stdin into S,
   removing the trailing newline.  Return S or NULL.  */
char *
DEFUN(gets, (s), char *s)
{
  register char *p = s;
  register int c;
  FILE *stream = stdin;

  if (!__validfp(stream) || p == NULL)
    {
      errno = EINVAL;
      return NULL;
    }

  if (feof(stream) || ferror(stream))
    return NULL;

  while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
    if (c == '\n')
      break;
    else
      *p++ = c;

  *p = '\0';

  /* Return null if we had an error, or if we got EOF
     before writing any characters.  */

  if (ferror (stream) || (feof (stream) && p == s))
    return NULL;

  return s;
}