readn.c

/* include readn */
#include "unp.h"

ssize_t /* Read "n" bytes from a descriptor. */
readn(int fd, void *vptr, size_t n)
{
size_t nleft;
ssize_t nread;
char *ptr;

ptr = vptr;
nleft = n;
while (nleft > 0) {
if ( (nread = read(fd, ptr, nleft)) < 0) {
if (errno == EINTR)
nread = 0; /* and call read() again */
else
return(-1);
} else if (nread == 0)
break; /* EOF */

nleft -= nread;
ptr   += nread;
}
return(n - nleft); /* return >= 0 */
}
/* end readn */

ssize_t
Readn(int fd, void *ptr, size_t nbytes)
{
ssize_t n;

if ( (n = readn(fd, ptr, nbytes)) < 0)
err_sys("readn error");
return(n);
}