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| -rw-r--r-- | strbuf.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | strbuf.h | 8 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, size_t hint) return sb->len - oldlen; } +ssize_t strbuf_read_once(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, size_t hint) +{ + ssize_t cnt; + + strbuf_grow(sb, hint ? hint : 8192); + cnt = xread(fd, sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len - 1); + if (cnt > 0) + strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + cnt); + return cnt; +} + #define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX) int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint) @@ -367,6 +367,14 @@ extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *); extern ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint); /** + * Read the contents of a given file descriptor partially by using only one + * attempt of xread. The third argument can be used to give a hint about the + * file size, to avoid reallocs. Returns the number of new bytes appended to + * the sb. + */ +extern ssize_t strbuf_read_once(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint); + +/** * Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument * can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs. */ |