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1 /* Get a host configuration item kept as the whole contents of a file.
2 Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20 #include <fcntl.h>
21 #include <hurd.h>
22 #include "hurdhost.h"
24 ssize_t
25 _hurd_get_host_config (const char *item, char *buf, size_t buflen)
27 error_t err;
28 char *data;
29 mach_msg_type_number_t nread, more;
30 file_t config = __file_name_lookup (item, O_RDONLY, 0);
31 if (config == MACH_PORT_NULL)
32 return -1;
34 data = buf;
35 err = __io_read (config, &data, &nread, -1, buflen);
36 if (! err)
37 /* Check if there is more in the file we didn't read. */
38 err = __io_readable (config, &more);
39 __mach_port_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), config);
40 if (err)
41 return __hurd_fail (err);
42 if (data != buf)
44 memcpy (buf, data, nread);
45 __vm_deallocate (__mach_task_self (), (vm_address_t) data, nread);
48 /* Remove newlines in case someone wrote the file by hand. */
49 while (buf[nread - 1] == '\n')
50 buf[--nread] = '\0';
52 if (more)
53 /* If we didn't read the whole file, tell the caller to use a bigger
54 buffer next time. */
55 return __hurd_fail (ENAMETOOLONG);
57 return nread;