minix/commands/aal/wr_bytes.c

/* $Header$ */
/*
 * (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
 * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
 */
#define MININT		(1 << (sizeof(int) * 8 - 1))
#define MAXCHUNK	(~MININT)	/* Highest count we write(2).	*/
/* Notice that MAXCHUNK itself might be too large with some compilers.
   You have to put it in an int!
*/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "wr_bytes.h"
#include "archiver.h"

static int maxchunk = MAXCHUNK;

/*
 * Just write "cnt" bytes to file-descriptor "fd".
 */
void wr_bytes(int fd, register char *string, long cnt)
{

	while (cnt) {
		register int n = cnt >= maxchunk ? maxchunk : cnt;

		if (write(fd, string, n) != n)
			wr_fatal();
		string += n;
		cnt -= n;
	}
}