DISCLAIMER: 1. I don't have access to AIX. 2. I didn't actually test my suggestions.
Alternatives: 1. Use fgets() if it is available for AIX, too. 2. According to man getline, getline() is a GNU extension, and is available only when you #define _GNU_SOURCE. So use: #ifdef __GNUC__ // use getline() #else /* __GNUC__ */ // use gets() or fgets() #endif /* __GNUC__ */ 3. Same as (2) but test __USE_POSIX instead of __GNUC__ On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 13:15 +0300, Israel Shikler wrote: > Hi, > > I have a C program that reads one line of text from the keyboard. > > The original program was written 10 years ago and was compiled with cc > on AIX 4.x. > I used the gets() function which was the only option available at the > time. > > Recently, I had to port the program to gcc on Linux, but I was > confronted with lots of segfaults. > So, I had to change the function to getline() which is much more > stable and secure. > > However, I was asked to maintain the new version on AIX 5.3 as well. > > When recompiling the program on the AIX machine I was confronted with > the lack of getline() in AIX implementation of cc. > I do not have gcc on that machine, and installing it would be an > option of last resort . > > I am looking for an alternative to getline(), that would be portable > to both Linux and AIX. -- "Kosher" Cellphones (cellphones with blocked SMS, video and Internet) are menace to the deaf. They must be outlawed! (See also: http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2006/04/21/the-grave-danger-to-the-deaf-from-kosher-cellphones/ and http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2007/02/04/rabbi-eliashiv-declared-war-on-the-deaf/) My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
