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- /* safe-read.c -- an interface to read that retries after interrupts
- Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
- #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
- #include <config.h>
- #endif
-
- #include <sys/types.h>
-
- #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
- #include <unistd.h>
- #endif
-
- #include <errno.h>
- #ifndef errno
- extern int errno;
- #endif
-
- /* Read LEN bytes at PTR from descriptor DESC, retrying if interrupted.
- Return the actual number of bytes read, zero for EOF, or negative
- for an error. */
-
- int
- safe_read (desc, ptr, len)
- int desc;
- char *ptr;
- int len;
- {
- int n_chars;
-
- if (len <= 0)
- return len;
-
- #ifdef EINTR
- do
- {
- n_chars = read (desc, ptr, len);
- }
- while (n_chars < 0 && errno == EINTR);
- #else
- n_chars = read (desc, ptr, len);
- #endif
-
- return n_chars;
- }
-