ocaml/otherlibs/unix/read.c

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/*                           Objective Caml                            */
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/*            Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt         */
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/*  Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   */
/*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    */
/*  under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License, with    */
/*  the special exception on linking described in file ../../LICENSE.  */
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/* $Id$ */

#include <string.h>
#include <mlvalues.h>
#include <memory.h>
#include <signals.h>
#include "unixsupport.h"

CAMLprim value unix_read(value fd, value buf, value ofs, value len)
{
  long numbytes;
  int ret;
  char iobuf[UNIX_BUFFER_SIZE];

  Begin_root (buf);
    numbytes = Long_val(len);
    if (numbytes > UNIX_BUFFER_SIZE) numbytes = UNIX_BUFFER_SIZE;
    enter_blocking_section();
    ret = read(Int_val(fd), iobuf, (int) numbytes);
    leave_blocking_section();
    if (ret == -1) uerror("read", Nothing);
    memmove (&Byte(buf, Long_val(ofs)), iobuf, ret);
  End_roots();
  return Val_int(ret);
}