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authorBen Reynwar <ben@reynwar.net>2013-04-02 23:04:08 -0700
committerBen Reynwar <ben@reynwar.net>2013-04-02 23:04:08 -0700
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+#
+# Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Radio
+#
+# GNU Radio 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 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Radio 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 GNU Radio; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+import os
+
+def os_read_exactly(file_descriptor, nbytes):
+ """
+ Replacement for os.read that blocks until it reads exactly nbytes.
+
+ """
+ s = ''
+ while nbytes > 0:
+ sbuf = os.read(file_descriptor, nbytes)
+ if not(sbuf):
+ return ''
+ nbytes -= len(sbuf)
+ s = s + sbuf
+ return s