64 lines
1.8 KiB
C
64 lines
1.8 KiB
C
/* fortune.c Larn is copyrighted 1986 by Noah Morgan. */
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include "header.h"
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/*
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* function to return a random fortune from the fortune file
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*/
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static char *base=0; /* pointer to the fortune text */
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static char **flines=0; /* array of pointers to each fortune */
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static int fd=0; /* true if we have load the fortune info */
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static int nlines=0; /* # lines in fortune database */
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char *fortune(file)
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char *file;
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{
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register char *p;
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register int lines,tmp;
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struct stat stat;
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char *malloc();
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if (fd==0)
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{
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if ((fd=open(file,O_RDONLY)) < 0) /* open the file */
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return(0); /* can't find file */
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/* find out how big fortune file is and get memory for it */
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stat.st_size = 16384;
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if ((fstat(fd,&stat) < 0) || ((base=malloc(1+stat.st_size)) == 0))
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{
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close(fd); fd= -1; free((char*)base); return(0); /* can't stat file */
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}
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/* read in the entire fortune file */
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if (read(fd,base,stat.st_size) != stat.st_size)
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{
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close(fd); fd= -1; free((char*)base); return(0); /* can't read file */
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}
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close(fd); base[stat.st_size]=0; /* final NULL termination */
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/* count up all the lines (and NULL terminate) to know memory needs */
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for (p=base,lines=0; p<base+stat.st_size; p++) /* count lines */
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if (*p == '\n') *p=0,lines++;
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nlines = lines;
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/* get memory for array of pointers to each fortune */
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if ((flines=(char**)malloc(nlines*sizeof(char*))) == 0)
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{
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free((char*)base); fd= -1; return(0); /* malloc() failure */
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}
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/* now assign each pointer to a line */
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for (p=base,tmp=0; tmp<nlines; tmp++)
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{
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flines[tmp]=p; while (*p++); /* advance to next line */
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}
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}
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if (fd > 2) /* if we have a database to look at */
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return(flines[rund((nlines<=0)?1:nlines)]);
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else
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return(0);
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}
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