*
* returns 0 if anything went fine and -1 otherwise
*
+ * The buffer is always NUL-terminated, not including it in returned size.
+ *
* NOTE: both buf and size may change, but even when -1 is returned
* you still have to free() it yourself.
*/
-int read_pipe(int fd, char** return_buf, unsigned long* return_size)
+int read_fd(int fd, char **return_buf, unsigned long *return_size)
{
- char* buf = *return_buf;
+ char *buf = *return_buf;
unsigned long size = *return_size;
ssize_t iret;
unsigned long off = 0;
+ if (!buf || size <= 1) {
+ size = 1024;
+ buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
+ }
+
do {
- iret = xread(fd, buf + off, size - off);
+ iret = xread(fd, buf + off, (size - 1) - off);
if (iret > 0) {
off += iret;
- if (off == size) {
- size *= 2;
+ if (off == size - 1) {
+ size = alloc_nr(size);
buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
}
}
} while (iret > 0);
+ buf[off] = '\0';
+
*return_buf = buf;
*return_size = off;
char *buf = xmalloc(size);
int ret;
- if (read_pipe(fd, &buf, &size)) {
+ if (read_fd(fd, &buf, &size)) {
free(buf);
return -1;
}