UNIX & GNU/Linux - System calls - Using read()

We are going to use the read() function to read on the standard input from our favorite shell.

So each time you will write something then type ENTER, the text written will be display on the shell.

Let's see this, with this tiny tutorial of the read() function with a C example.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

#define BUF_SIZE         1024

void empty_buf(char *buf)
{
    int i;

    i = 0;
    while (buf[i])
    {
        buf[i] = '\0';
        ++i;
    }
    buf[i] = '\0';
}

int main(void)
{
    int gogogo;
    int fd;
    char *buf;

    buf = malloc(sizeof(*buf) * BUF_SIZE + 1);
    if (buf == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    fd = 0;
    gogogo = 1;
    while (gogogo)
    {
        read(fd, buf, BUF_SIZE);
        printf("buf = %s\n", buf);
        empty_buf(buf);
    }
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

Good job.