xpwrite.c


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#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500	/* Needed for pwrite() */
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

ssize_t xpwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
{
	const char *p = buf;
	ssize_t out = 0;
	ssize_t rv;

	while (count) {
		rv = pwrite(fd, p, count, offset);
		if (rv == -1) {
			if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
				continue;
			return out ? out : -1; /* Error */
		} else if (rv == 0) {
			return out; /* EOF */
		}

		p += rv;
		out += rv;
		count -= rv;
		offset += rv;
	}

	return out;
}