This project is about creating a function that, allows one to read a line ending with a newline character ('\n') from a file descriptor, without knowing its size beforehand.
After this project, I understand how files are opened, read, and closed in an OS, and how they are interpreted by a programming language for further analysis. This task is crucial to understand for a future programmer since much of the time is based on manipulating files for data management and persistence. This project consists of coding a function that returns one line at a time from a text file.
For more detailed information, look at the subject of this project
1. Using it in your code
To use the function in your code, simply include its header:
#include "get_next_line.h"and, when compiling your code, add the source files and the required flag:
get_next_line.c get_next_line_utils.c -D BUFFER_SIZE=<size>