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+/*
+ * Copyright 1987, 1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
+ * For copying and distribution information, please see the file
+ * <Copyright.MIT>.
+ *
+ *	form: getst.c,v 4.5 88/11/15 16:31:39 jtkohl Exp $
+ *	$Id: getst.c,v 1.2 1994/07/19 19:25:33 g89r4222 Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef lint
+static char rcsid[] =
+"$Id: getst.c,v 1.2 1994/07/19 19:25:33 g89r4222 Exp $";
+#endif /* lint */
+
+/*
+ * getst() takes a file descriptor, a string and a count.  It reads
+ * from the file until either it has read "count" characters, or until
+ * it reads a null byte.  When finished, what has been read exists in
+ * the given string "s".  If "count" characters were actually read, the
+ * last is changed to a null, so the returned string is always null-
+ * terminated.  getst() returns the number of characters read, including
+ * the null terminator.
+ */
+
+getst(fd, s, n)
+    int fd;
+    register char *s;
+{
+    register count = n;
+    while (read(fd, s, 1) > 0 && --count)
+        if (*s++ == '\0')
+            return (n - count);
+    *s = '\0';
+    return (n - count);
+}