/*+	$Header: /home/aggarwal/lsrc/nocol/src/lib/RCS/fgetline.c,v 1.2 1994/01/03 23:31:55 aggarwal Exp $
** FUNCTION:
**
**	Analogous to the stdio function 'fgets' but returns the number
** 	characters read instead of the pointer to the string read.
**	Leaves the '\n' character and appends a null '\0' at end of string.
**/

#include <stdio.h>

int fgetLine(fp, s,lim)
FILE *fp; 
char *s;
int lim;
{
    register int c,i;
    
    i=0;
    while (--lim>0 && (c=getc(fp)) != EOF && c!='\n') 
      s[i++]=c;
    if ( c== '\n' )
      s[i++]=c;
    s[i]='\0';
    return(i);

}