Factor out read_text_file_contents to ensure that data read from text files is a...

[collectd.git] / src / utils / common / common.h

diff --git a/src/utils/common/common.h b/src/utils/common/common.h
index 1ca6505..4e2eced 100644 (file)
--- a/src/utils/common/common.h
+++ b/src/utils/common/common.h
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ typedef int (*dirwalk_callback_f)(const char *dirname, const char *filename,
 int walk_directory(const char *dir, dirwalk_callback_f callback,
                    void *user_data, int hidden);
 /* Returns the number of bytes read or negative on error. */
-ssize_t read_file_contents(char const *filename, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
+ssize_t read_file_contents(char const *filename, void *buf, size_t bufsize);
+/* Writes the contents of the file into the buffer with a trailing NUL.
+ * Returns the number of bytes written to the buffer or negative on error. */
+ssize_t read_text_file_contents(char const *filename, char *buf,
+                                size_t bufsize);
 
 counter_t counter_diff(counter_t old_value, counter_t new_value);