#include <string.h>
#define MAXLEN 1000 /* maximum length of line */
#define MAXSTOR 5000 /* size of available storage space */
int getline(char *, int);
/* readlines:read input lines */
int getlines(char *lineptr[], char *linestor, int maxlines){
int len, nlines;
char line[MAXLEN];
char *p =linestor;
char *linestop = linestor + MAXSTOR;
nlines = 0;
while((len = getline(line, MAXLEN)) > 0)
if(nlines >= maxlines || p + len > linestop)
return -1;
else{
line[len - 1] = '\0'; /* delete newline */
strcpy(p ,line);
lineptr[nlines++] = p;
p += len;
}
return nlines;
}