copylist(3G)copylist(3G)NAMEcopylist() - copy a file into memory
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
copies a list of items from a file into freshly allocated memory,
replacing new-lines with null characters. It expects two arguments: a
pointer filenm to the name of the file to be copied, and a pointer
szptr to a variable where the size of the file will be stored.
Upon success, returns a pointer to the memory allocated. Otherwise it
returns NULL if it has trouble finding the file, calling or opening the
file.
To use this interface, link in the libgen library by specifying For
example:
EXAMPLESSEE ALSOmalloc(3C), thread_safety(5).
copylist(3G)