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.TH FINDLINE 3 "15. Juli 1988" "J\*org Schilling" "Schily\'s LIBRARY FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
findline() \- finds a line that has a matching field
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B
int findline(fname,delim,string,field,array,arraysize)
.B
char *fname; /* file name */
.B
char delim; /* field delimiter */
.B
char *string; /* string to match */
.B
int field; /* field number to match, 0-n */
.B
char *array[]; /* array to fill pointers in */
.B
int arraysize; /* number of entries in the arrays */
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.SH DESCRIPTION
findline() retrieves specific fields from the first line of the
file fname.
.PP
findline() fills in array with pointers to strings that make up
the fields on the line. The strings are allocated new storage.
The field delimiter, delim, is used to break up each line of the
file into fields. string is the string to match. fieldno is
the field number to match. Fields are numbered 0..n. array is
an array of pointers to fill in. arraysize is the number of
elements in the array.
.SH RETURNS
.TP
.B +1
match.
.TP
.B \-1
no match.
.TP
.B \-2
arg error.
.TP
.B \-3
cannot open file.
.TP
.B \-4
not enough memory to allocate space for fields.
.SH NOTES
Each line of the file must be less than 512 characters long.