42_get_next_line

Parent school: Ecole 42

School: WeThinkCode_ Johannesburg

Year: 1

Semester: 1

Branch: Algorithms

Summary:

The aim of this project is to create a function that returns a line ending with a newline, read from a file descriptor.

Learning opportunities:

• Static variables
• Memory allocation
• Buffers

Instructions

• Submit .c and .h

• Use of libft project allowed and encouraged

• Do not submit a main

• Project must be Norminette compliant (42 C programming standard)

• Handle errors - project must not quit in an unexpected manner (Seg fault, bus error, double free, etc)

• No memory leaks

• Include author file

• Allowed functions: read, malloc and free

Usage:

Parameters:

Call function from program, providing a valid file descriptor and the address of a char pointer.

Return values:

Returns 1 when a line is read successfully, 0 when reached end of file and -1 in the case of a read error.