tar/lib/full-write.c

/* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts
   Copyright 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 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>

#include "safe-read.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, -1 (setting errno) otherwise.  */

ssize_t
full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len)
{
  ssize_t total_written = 0;

  while (len > 0)
    {
      ssize_t written = write (desc, ptr, len);
      if (written <= 0)
	{
	  /* Some buggy drivers return 0 when you fall off a device's end.  */
	  if (written == 0)
	    errno = ENOSPC;
#ifdef EINTR
	  if (errno == EINTR)
	    continue;
#endif
	  return -1;
	}
      total_written += written;
      ptr += written;
      len -= written;
    }
  return total_written;
}