firestring_estr_read(3)

firestring_estr_read3

Read from a file descriptor into an estring

Usage

#include <firestring.h>
-lfirestring

int firestring_estr_read(struct firestring_estr_t *estring, int fd)

Overview

firestring_estr_read() read(2)'s as much data as is available from fd and will fit in estring onto the end of the data that is already there. It updates the length of the string accordingly.

Return value

0 on success. 1 with errno set properly if read returns an error or indicates EOF. 2 if there is no space in the buffer for further reads.

Releases

Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–8

Author

Ian Gulliver <[email protected]>

From libfirestring-dev 0.9.12-8 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.