Yanked out the cstring_alloc() and cstring_lineFromFile() functions from
utility.c and replaced them with get_line_from_file() from the new grep.c.
Also changed declaration in internal.h and replaced instances of
cstring_lineFromFile() in dc.c and sort.c with get_line_from_file(). Tested
them and they worked fine.
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 93062fa..a28122d 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	Line *self;
 	char *cstring = NULL;
 
-	if ((cstring = cstring_lineFromFile(src))) {
+	if ((cstring = get_line_from_file(src))) {
 		self = line_alloc();
 		if (self == NULL) {
 			return NULL;
@@ -304,4 +304,4 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.17 2000/06/19 17:25:40 andersen Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.18 2000/06/28 22:15:26 markw Exp $ */
diff --git a/dc.c b/dc.c
index 31a5471..5bf3bc9 100644
--- a/dc.c
+++ b/dc.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		char *line   = NULL;
 		char *cursor = NULL;
 		char *token  = NULL;
-		while ((line = cstring_lineFromFile(stdin))) {
+		while ((line = get_line_from_file(stdin))) {
 			cursor = line;
 			len = number_of_tokens(line);
 			for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index aca469e..a374e11 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 #endif
 	;
 
-static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */
-
 /* options */
 static int ignore_case       = 0;
 static int print_filename    = 0;
@@ -62,35 +60,6 @@
 static char *cur_file = NULL; /* the current file we are reading */
 
 
-/* This returns a malloc'ed char * which must be stored and free'ed */
-/* XXX: This function should probably go in a 'common'/'util'/'misc' file
- * somewhere so it can be used by other folks. */
-static char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
-{
-	int ch;
-	int idx = 0;
-	char *linebuf = NULL;
-	int linebufsz = 0;
-
-	while (1) {
-		ch = fgetc(file);
-		if (ch == EOF)
-			break;
-		/* grow the line buffer as necessary */
-		if (idx > linebufsz-1)
-			linebuf = realloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
-		linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
-		if ((char)ch == '\n')
-			break;
-	}
-
-	if (idx == 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	linebuf[idx] = 0;
-	return linebuf;
-}
-
 static void print_matched_line(char *line, int linenum)
 {
 	if (print_filename)
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index aca469e..a374e11 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 #endif
 	;
 
-static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */
-
 /* options */
 static int ignore_case       = 0;
 static int print_filename    = 0;
@@ -62,35 +60,6 @@
 static char *cur_file = NULL; /* the current file we are reading */
 
 
-/* This returns a malloc'ed char * which must be stored and free'ed */
-/* XXX: This function should probably go in a 'common'/'util'/'misc' file
- * somewhere so it can be used by other folks. */
-static char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
-{
-	int ch;
-	int idx = 0;
-	char *linebuf = NULL;
-	int linebufsz = 0;
-
-	while (1) {
-		ch = fgetc(file);
-		if (ch == EOF)
-			break;
-		/* grow the line buffer as necessary */
-		if (idx > linebufsz-1)
-			linebuf = realloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
-		linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
-		if ((char)ch == '\n')
-			break;
-	}
-
-	if (idx == 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	linebuf[idx] = 0;
-	return linebuf;
-}
-
 static void print_matched_line(char *line, int linenum)
 {
 	if (print_filename)
diff --git a/internal.h b/internal.h
index 6e4f06c..41a72e1 100644
--- a/internal.h
+++ b/internal.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 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);
+extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file);
 
 /* These parse entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.  This is desirable
  * for BusyBox since we want to avoid using the glibc NSS stuff, which
diff --git a/miscutils/dc.c b/miscutils/dc.c
index 31a5471..5bf3bc9 100644
--- a/miscutils/dc.c
+++ b/miscutils/dc.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		char *line   = NULL;
 		char *cursor = NULL;
 		char *token  = NULL;
-		while ((line = cstring_lineFromFile(stdin))) {
+		while ((line = get_line_from_file(stdin))) {
 			cursor = line;
 			len = number_of_tokens(line);
 			for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
diff --git a/sort.c b/sort.c
index 93062fa..a28122d 100644
--- a/sort.c
+++ b/sort.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	Line *self;
 	char *cstring = NULL;
 
-	if ((cstring = cstring_lineFromFile(src))) {
+	if ((cstring = get_line_from_file(src))) {
 		self = line_alloc();
 		if (self == NULL) {
 			return NULL;
@@ -304,4 +304,4 @@
 	return(0);
 }
 
-/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.17 2000/06/19 17:25:40 andersen Exp $ */
+/* $Id: sort.c,v 1.18 2000/06/28 22:15:26 markw Exp $ */
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index a45edde..de53dbd 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -1586,56 +1586,35 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-const unsigned int CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH = 1024;
-/* recursive parser that returns cstrings of arbitrary length
- * from a FILE* 
- */
-static char *
-cstring_alloc(FILE* f, int depth)
+static const int GROWBY = 80; /* how large we will grow strings by */
+
+/* get_line_from_file() - This function reads an entire line from a text file
+ * up to a newline. It returns a malloc'ed char * which must be stored and
+ * free'ed  by the caller. */
+extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file)
 {
-    char *cstring;
-    char buffer[CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH];
-    int	 target = CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH * depth;
-    int  c, i, len, size;
+	int ch;
+	int idx = 0;
+	char *linebuf = NULL;
+	int linebufsz = 0;
 
-    /* fill buffer */
-    i = 0;
-	while ((c = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
-		buffer[i] = (char) c;
-		if (buffer[i++] == 0x0a) { break; }
-		if (i == CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH) { break; }
-    }
-    len = i;
+	while (1) {
+		ch = fgetc(file);
+		if (ch == EOF)
+			break;
+		/* grow the line buffer as necessary */
+		if (idx > linebufsz-1)
+			linebuf = realloc(linebuf, linebufsz += GROWBY);
+		linebuf[idx++] = (char)ch;
+		if ((char)ch == '\n')
+			break;
+	}
 
-    /* recurse or malloc? */
-    if (len == CSTRING_BUFFER_LENGTH) {
-		cstring = cstring_alloc(f, (depth + 1));
-    } else {
-		/* [special case] EOF */
-		if ((depth | len) == 0) { return NULL; }
+	if (idx == 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);
+	linebuf[idx] = 0;
+	return linebuf;
 }
 
 /* END CODE */