* Allows files to be read without holding them open.
*/
struct hreader {
- const char *path; /* file to read */
+ char *path; /* file to read */
+ off_t size; /* file size */
off_t read_offset; /* for next hreader_read() */
off_t buf_offset; /* offset of start of buffer */
char *buffer; /* input buffer */
/** @brief Initialize a hands-off reader
* @param path File to read
* @param h Reader to initialize
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error
*/
-void hreader_init(const char *path, struct hreader *h);
+int hreader_init(const char *path, struct hreader *h);
+
+/** @brief Close a hands-off reader
+ * @param h Reader to close
+ */
+void hreader_close(struct hreader *h);
/** @brief Read some bytes
* @param h Reader to read from
*/
int hreader_pread(struct hreader *h, void *buffer, size_t n, off_t offset);
+/** @brief Seek within a file
+ * @param h Reader to seek
+ * @param offset Offset
+ * @param whence SEEK_*
+ * @return Result offset
+ */
+off_t hreader_seek(struct hreader *h, off_t offset, int whence);
+
+/** @brief Return file size
+ * @param h Reader to find size of
+ * @return Size in bytes
+ */
+static inline off_t hreader_size(const struct hreader *h) {
+ return h->size;
+}
+
+/** @brief Test for end of file
+ * @param h Reader to test
+ * @return 1 at eof, 0 otherwise
+ *
+ * This tells you whether the next read will return 0 bytes, rather than
+ * whether the last read reached end of file. So it is slightly different to
+ * feof().
+ */
+static inline int hreader_eof(const struct hreader *h) {
+ return h->read_offset == h->size;
+}
+
#endif /* HREADER_H */
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