APUE: readn and writen

APUE: readn and writen

#include "apue.h"

ssize_t             /* Read "n" bytes from a descriptor */
readn(int fd, void *ptr, size_t n)
{
    size_t       nleft;
    ssize_t      nread;

    nleft = n;
    while (nleft > 0) {
        if ((nread = read(fd, ptr, nleft)) < 0) {
            if (nleft == n)
                return(-1); /* error, return -1 */
            else
                break;      /* error, return amount read so far */
        } else if (nread == 0) {
            break;          /* EOF */
        }
        nleft -= nread;
        ptr += nread;
    }
    return(n - nleft);      /* return >= 0 */
}

ssize_t             /* Write "n" bytes to a descriptor */
writen(int fd, const void *ptr, size_t n)
{
    size_t      nleft;
    ssize_t     nwritten;

    nleft = n;
    while (nleft > 0) {
        if ((nwritten = write(fd, ptr, nleft)) < 0) {
            if (nleft == n)
                return(-1); /* error, return -1 */
            else
                break;      /* error, return amount written so far */
        } else if (nwritten == 0) {
            break;
        }
        nleft -= nwritten;
        ptr   += nwritten;
    }
    return(n - nleft);      /* return >= 0 */
}