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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4:
+ *
+ * cat.c - copy inputs to stdout.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
+ *
+ * See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cat.html
+
+USE_CAT(NEWTOY(cat, "u", TOYFLAG_BIN))
+
+config CAT
+ bool "cat"
+ default y
+ help
+ usage: cat [-u] [file...]
+ Copy (concatenate) files to stdout. If no files listed, copy from stdin.
+ Filename "-" is a synonym for stdin.
+
+ -u Copy one byte at a time (slow).
+*/
+
+#include "toys.h"
+
+static void do_cat(int fd, char *name)
+{
+ int len, size=toys.optflags ? 1 : sizeof(toybuf);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ len = read(fd, toybuf, size);
+ if (len<0) {
+ perror_msg("%s",name);
+ toys.exitval = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ if (len<1) break;
+ xwrite(1, toybuf, len);
+ }
+}
+
+void cat_main(void)
+{
+ loopfiles(toys.optargs, do_cat);
+}