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+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the Gnome Top Library.
+   Contributed by Martin Baulig <martin@home-of-linux.org>, April 1998.
+
+   The Gnome Top Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The Gnome Top Library 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
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#include <glibtop/read.h>
+
+/* Reads some data from server. */
+
+void
+glibtop_read__r (glibtop *server, size_t size, void *buf)
+{
+	size_t	ssize;
+
+	glibtop_init__r (&server);
+	
+	if (read (server->input [0], &ssize, sizeof (size_t)) < 0)
+		glibtop_error__r (server, _("read size: %s"), strerror (errno));
+	
+	if (size != ssize)
+		glibtop_error__r (server, _("got %d bytes but requested %d"), ssize, size);
+	
+	if (read (server->input [0], buf, size) < 0)
+		glibtop_error__r (server, _("read %d bytes: %s"), size, strerror (errno));
+}