[Dev-C++] Dev-cpp support for getline

[Dave S. <da...@da...>]

Hi

I am in the process of coming to grips with C and eventually C++ and 
working through various tutorials, currently the GNU C Programming 
Tutorial by Mark Burgess. I am running Dev-cpp 4.9.9.0 on Windows 
98SE.

The tutorial stresses the use of getline, getdelim, and other 
functions introduced with GNU C instead of the deprecated scanf etc.

But I can't seem to get getline to work with dev-cpp. If I try and 
compile the program below, which is from the tutorial, I get a linker 
error 'undefined reference to 'getline' '.

I have tried searching this mailing list and the forums and cannot 
find a solution, apart from getting the impression that others seem 
to be able to use it with no problem.

Do I need to download an updated <stdio.h> or other library?

Thanks
Dave Sergeant

Example program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  int bytes_read;
  int nbytes = 100;
  char *my_string;

  puts ("Please enter a line of text.");

  /* These 2 lines are the heart of the program. */
  my_string = (char *) malloc (nbytes + 1);
  bytes_read = getline (&my_string, &nbytes, stdin);

  if (bytes_read == -1)
    {
      puts ("ERROR!");
    }
  else
    {
      puts ("You typed:");
      puts (my_string);
    }

  return 0;
}
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