/* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts Copyright 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Written by Paul Eggert. */ #if HAVE_CONFIG_H # include #endif #include #include "full-write.h" #if HAVE_UNISTD_H # include #endif #include #ifndef errno extern int errno; #endif /* Write LEN bytes at PTR to descriptor DESC, retrying if interrupted or if partial writes occur. Return the number of bytes successfully written, setting errno if that is less than LEN. */ size_t full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len) { size_t total_written = 0; while (len > 0) { ssize_t written = write (desc, ptr, len); if (written <= 0) { /* Some buggy drivers return 0 when you fall off a device's end. */ if (written == 0) errno = ENOSPC; #ifdef EINTR if (errno == EINTR) continue; #endif break; } total_written += written; ptr += written; len -= written; } return total_written; }