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+/* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts
+ Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 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.
+
+ Copied largely from GNU C's cccp.c.
+ */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef errno
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+
+/* Write LEN bytes at PTR to descriptor DESC, retrying if interrupted.
+ Return LEN upon success, write's (negative) error code otherwise. */
+
+int
+full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+ int total_written;
+
+ total_written = 0;
+ while (len > 0)
+ {
+ int written = write (desc, ptr, len);
+ /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when
+ I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk.
+ This puts dd into an infinite loop. Reproduce with
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. */
+ if (written < 0)
+ {
+#ifdef EINTR
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+#endif
+ return written;
+ }
+ total_written += written;
+ ptr += written;
+ len -= written;
+ }
+ return total_written;
+}