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diff src/fileio.c @ 37390:2db1b1bb1d18
(Finsert_file_contents): If the file size returned from
stat is zero, set END to READ_BUF_SIZE. This makes sure we can
read from files on a procfs whose contents are generated
dynamically.
author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:34:35 +0000 |
parents | 80082652ed9f |
children | d95290112d89 |
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--- a/src/fileio.c Wed Apr 18 15:09:36 2001 +0000 +++ b/src/fileio.c Wed Apr 18 15:34:35 2001 +0000 @@ -3589,6 +3589,12 @@ if (XINT (end) != st.st_size || ((int) st.st_size * 4) / 4 != st.st_size) error ("Maximum buffer size exceeded"); + + /* The file size returned from stat may be zero, but data + may be readable nonetheless, for example when this is a + file in the /proc filesystem. */ + if (st.st_size == 0) + XSETINT (end, READ_BUF_SIZE); } }