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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-12-09 10:30:01 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-12-09 10:30:01 +0000
commit8e5b4e9c2bb787af474eb58a841bf99dc22f01fe (patch)
treeb4ce32a7a4523e5bcd089cddef25c98c33877809 /lib
parentb16ec81def1dcb9e6e28d4bfac519a4aaad3c749 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8e5b4e9c2bb787af474eb58a841bf99dc22f01fe.tar.xz
update from gnulib
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/safe-write.h6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/safe-write.h b/lib/safe-write.h
index 25d1a4d48..ab1f45b4a 100644
--- a/lib/safe-write.h
+++ b/lib/safe-write.h
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
#include <stddef.h>
+#define SAFE_WRITE_ERROR ((size_t) -1)
+
/* Write up to COUNT bytes at BUF to descriptor FD, retrying if interrupted.
- Return the actual number of bytes written, zero for EOF, or (size_t) -1
- for an error. */
+ Return the actual number of bytes written, zero for EOF, or SAFE_WRITE_ERROR
+ upon error. */
extern size_t safe_write (int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);