/* A robust function to get a string from a file that uses fgets  */
/* Inline this function for speed.  However, I/O is usually slow. */
char* robustGetString(char* bufStr, int bufLen, FILE* filePtr) {
    char *strPtr = fgets(bufStr, bufLen-1, filePtr);
    bufStr[bufLen-1] = '\0';
    bufStrLen = strlen(bufStr);
    if ( bufStr[bufStrLen-1] == '\n' ) bufStr[bufStrLen - 1] = '\0';
    return(strPtr);
}