+ in the interest of robustness, I added

utility.c :: cstring_alloc()
  utility.c :: cstring_lineFromFile()	/* they're at the bottom */
  so that I could read in lines of arbitrary length from FILE*s
  (instead of using fgets(huge_ass_buffer,...)).
+ I tested it out on sort, and it seems to be fine.

coreutils/sort.c

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ typedef struct Line {
 typedef struct {
 	int len;					/* number of Lines */
 	Line **sorted;				/* array fed to qsort */
-
 	Line *head;					/* head of List */
 	Line *current;				/* current Line */
 } List;
@@ -71,36 +70,23 @@ static const int max = 1024;
 static Line *line_alloc()
 {
 	Line *self;
-
 	self = malloc(1 * sizeof(Line));
 	return self;
 }
 
-/* Initialize Line with string */
-static Line *line_init(Line * self, const char *string)
-{
-	self->data = malloc((strlen(string) + 1) * sizeof(char));
-
-	if (self->data == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	strcpy(self->data, string);
-	self->next = NULL;
-	return self;
-}
-
 /* Construct Line from FILE* */
 static Line *line_newFromFile(FILE * src)
 {
-	char buffer[max];
 	Line *self;
+	char *cstring = NULL;
 
-	if (fgets(buffer, max, src)) {
+	if ((cstring = cstring_lineFromFile(src))) {
 		self = line_alloc();
 		if (self == NULL) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		line_init(self, buffer);
+		self->data = cstring;
+		self->next = NULL;
 		return self;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -177,7 +163,7 @@ static List *list_insert(List * self, Line * line)
 		self->head = line;
 		self->current = line;
 
-		/* all subsequent insertions */
+	/* all subsequent insertions */
 	} else {
 		self->current->next = line;
 		self->current = line;
@@ -241,12 +227,6 @@ static void list_release(List * self)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * I need a list
- * to insert lines into
- * then I need to sort this list
- * and finally print it
- */
 
 int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -320,4 +300,4 @@ int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.14 2000/04/15 16:34:54 erik Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.15 2000/04/17 04:22:09 beppu Exp $ */

internal.h

@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ extern long getNum (const char *cp);
 extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName);
 extern void *xmalloc (size_t size);
 extern int find_real_root_device_name(char* name);
+extern char *cstring_lineFromFile(FILE *f);
+
 
 #if defined BB_INIT || defined BB_SYSLOGD
 extern int device_open(char *device, int mode);

sort.c

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ typedef struct Line {
 typedef struct {
 	int len;					/* number of Lines */
 	Line **sorted;				/* array fed to qsort */
-
 	Line *head;					/* head of List */
 	Line *current;				/* current Line */
 } List;
@@ -71,36 +70,23 @@ static const int max = 1024;
 static Line *line_alloc()
 {
 	Line *self;
-
 	self = malloc(1 * sizeof(Line));
 	return self;
 }
 
-/* Initialize Line with string */
-static Line *line_init(Line * self, const char *string)
-{
-	self->data = malloc((strlen(string) + 1) * sizeof(char));
-
-	if (self->data == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	strcpy(self->data, string);
-	self->next = NULL;
-	return self;
-}
-
 /* Construct Line from FILE* */
 static Line *line_newFromFile(FILE * src)
 {
-	char buffer[max];
 	Line *self;
+	char *cstring = NULL;
 
-	if (fgets(buffer, max, src)) {
+	if ((cstring = cstring_lineFromFile(src))) {
 		self = line_alloc();
 		if (self == NULL) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		line_init(self, buffer);
+		self->data = cstring;
+		self->next = NULL;
 		return self;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -177,7 +163,7 @@ static List *list_insert(List * self, Line * line)
 		self->head = line;
 		self->current = line;
 
-		/* all subsequent insertions */
+	/* all subsequent insertions */
 	} else {
 		self->current->next = line;
 		self->current = line;
@@ -241,12 +227,6 @@ static void list_release(List * self)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * I need a list
- * to insert lines into
- * then I need to sort this list
- * and finally print it
- */
 
 int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -320,4 +300,4 @@ int sort_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	exit(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.14 2000/04/15 16:34:54 erik Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.15 2000/04/17 04:22:09 beppu Exp $ */

utility.c

@@ -1521,6 +1521,57 @@ extern int find_real_root_device_name(char* name)
 }
 #endif
 
+const unsigned int CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH = 128;
+/* recursive parser that returns cstrings of arbitrary length
+ * from a FILE* 
+ */
+static char *
+cstring_alloc(FILE* f, int depth)
+{
+    char *cstring;
+    char buffer[CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH];
+    int	 target = CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH * depth;
+    int  i, len;
+    int  size;
+
+    /* fill buffer */
+    i = 0;
+    while ((buffer[i] = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
+		if (buffer[i++] == 0x0a) { break; }
+		if (i == CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH) { break; }
+    }
+    len = i;
+
+    /* recurse or malloc? */
+    if (len == CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH) {
+		cstring = cstring_alloc(f, (depth + 1));
+    } else {
+		/* [special case] EOF */
+		if ((depth | len) == 0) { return NULL; }
+
+		/* malloc */
+		size = target + len + 1;
+		cstring = malloc(size);
+		if (!cstring) { return NULL; }
+		cstring[size - 1] = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* copy buffer */
+    if (cstring) {
+		memcpy(&cstring[target], buffer, len);
+    }
+    return cstring;
+}
+
+/* 
+ * wrapper around recursive cstring_alloc 
+ * it's the caller's responsibility to free the cstring
+ */ 
+char *
+cstring_lineFromFile(FILE *f)
+{
+    return cstring_alloc(f, 0);
+}
 
 /* END CODE */
 /*