1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
index bc36a1987..66dfc900a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* miscfuncs.h: main Cygwin header file.
 
    Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
-   2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+   2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 This file is part of Cygwin.
 
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ BOOL WINAPI ReadPipeOverlapped (HANDLE h, PVOID buf, DWORD len,
 BOOL WINAPI WritePipeOverlapped (HANDLE h, LPCVOID buf, DWORD len,
 				 LPDWORD ret_len, DWORD timeout);
 
+/* class for per-line reading using native functions.  The caller provides
+   the file as an POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES, and the buffer space. */
+class NT_readline
+{
+  HANDLE fh;
+  PCHAR buf;
+  PCHAR got;
+  PCHAR end;
+  ULONG buflen;
+  ULONG len;
+  ULONG line;
+public:
+  NT_readline () : fh (NULL) {}
+  bool init (POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr, char *buf, ULONG buflen);
+  PCHAR gets ();
+  ~NT_readline () { if (fh) NtClose (fh); }
+};
+
 extern "C" void yield ();
 
 #define import_address(x) __import_address ((void *)(x))