# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 987608075 0
# Node ID 2db1b1bb1d185bc4811b3674d9a30277bba648bd
# Parent  3061b65a98979295f5088bd96ea5db93be44dd28
(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.

diff -r 3061b65a9897 -r 2db1b1bb1d18 src/fileio.c
--- 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);
 	}
     }