MORE/PAGING routine needed ...

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1244 at eci.UUCP> lll at eci.UUCP (Linda L. Lassor) writes:
>Has anyone a callable c routine that acts like MORE or PAGE?  I need
>to incorporate such a routine in some programs that need to display
>files a few lines at a time, and don't want to have to do a
>system("more filename") call to do it.

I never understand requests like this.  A functional requirement is
described, then the obvious solution is immediately rejected.  What
exactly is the objection to system("more filename")?