libbb/full_write.c

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/*
 * Utility routines.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
 *
 * 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 of the License, 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
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "libbb.h"

/*
 * Write all of the supplied buffer out to a file.
 * This does multiple writes as necessary.
 * Returns the amount written, or -1 on an error.
 */
ssize_t bb_full_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len)
{
	ssize_t cc;
	ssize_t total;

	total = 0;

	while (len > 0) {
		cc = safe_write(fd, buf, len);

		if (cc < 0)
			return cc;		/* write() returns -1 on failure. */

		total += cc;
		buf = ((const char *)buf) + cc;
		len -= cc;
	}

	return total;
}


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