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+/* An interface to read() that reads all it is asked to read.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, read to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Read COUNT bytes at BUF to descriptor FD, retrying if interrupted
+   or if partial reads occur.  Return the number of bytes successfully
+   read, setting errno if that is less than COUNT.  errno = 0 means EOF.  */
+extern size_t full_read (int fd, void *buf, size_t count);