len = strlen( buffer);
if( buffer[len-1]  == '\n')
 buffer[len-1] =  '\0';

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
/**
  <summary>Read an arbitrarily long line from input</summary>
  <param name="in">in The input stream to read from</param>
  <returns>
  On success, a pointer to the new line is returned. If memory
  allocation fails, end-of-file is reached, or a read error occurs
  before storing any characters, a null pointer is returned.
  </returns>
  <remarks>
  jsw_getline returns a pointer that must be freed
  </remarks>
*/
char *jsw_getline ( FILE *in )
{
    char buffer[BUFSIZ]; /* Buffer for partial lines */
    char *result = NULL; /* Buffer for the complete line */
    size_t size = 0;     /* Amount of memory assigned to result */
 
    /* In the average case, this should only run once */
    while ( fgets ( buffer, sizeof buffer, in ) != NULL ) {
        size_t len = strlen ( buffer );
        char *save = realloc ( result, size + len + 1 );
 
        /* If allocation fails, take what we've got */
        if ( save == NULL )
            break;
 
        /* Update the result buffer */
        strcpy ( save + size, buffer );
        result = save;
        size += len;
 
        /* Finish up if we found a newline */
        if ( result[size - 1] == '\n' ) {
            result[size - 1] = '\0';
            break;
        }
    }
 
    return result;
}

/* jsw_getline returns a pointer that must be freed */

printf( "%s\n", jsw_getline( fp ) );

fjpt = jsw_getline ( fp );

free( fjpt );