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+/*
+ *  $Id: get_line.c 94 2008-04-05 01:27:30Z mbroeker $
+ * $URL: http://localhost/svn/c/lsflib/trunk/src/get_line.c $
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <lsf.h>
+
+#ifndef LINE_LENGTH
+#define LINE_LENGTH 100
+#endif
+
+char *get_line (const char *filename, const char *cmd, size_t size)
+{
+    int i, j;
+    char *line, *ptr;
+    FILE *f = fopen (filename, "r");
+
+    if (!f) {
+        perror ("FOPEN:");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    line = malloc (LINE_LENGTH + 1);
+    ptr = malloc ((LINE_LENGTH + 1) * size);
+    i = 0;
+
+    while (fgets (line, LINE_LENGTH, f) != NULL) {
+        if (strstr (line, cmd)) {
+            do {
+                if ((strlen (ptr) + strlen (line)) < LINE_LENGTH * size) {
+                    strcat (ptr, line);
+                    fgets (line, LINE_LENGTH, f);
+                    i++;
+                } else {
+                    printf ("OVERFLOW: [%d]: %s\n", i * LINE_LENGTH, line);
+                    exit (0);
+                }
+            } while (strchr (line, '"') == NULL);
+            if (i > 1)
+                strcat (ptr, line);
+        }
+        for (i = 0; i < strlen (ptr); i++)
+            switch (ptr[i]) {
+            case '\n':
+            case '\\':
+            case '"':
+                for (j = i; j < strlen (ptr) - 1; j++)
+                    ptr[j] = ptr[j + 1];
+                ptr[j] = 0;
+                break;
+            }
+    }
+
+    fclose (f);
+    free (line);
+
+    return ptr;
+}