-/*
- * reads from fd as long as possible into a supplied buffer of size bytes.
- * If necessary the buffer's size is increased using realloc()
- *
- * 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_fd(int fd, char **return_buf, unsigned long *return_size)
-{
- 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 - 1) - off);
- if (iret > 0) {
- off += iret;
- if (off == size - 1) {
- size = alloc_nr(size);
- buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
- }
- }
- } while (iret > 0);
-
- buf[off] = '\0';
-
- *return_buf = buf;
- *return_size = off;
-
- if (iret < 0)
- return -1;
- return 0;
-}
-