+sub Read {
+ my $inode = shift;
+ my $count = shift;
+ my $offset = shift;
+
+ if (!defined($inode) || scalar($inode) < 1 || !defined($count) ||
+ $count < 1 || (defined($offset) && $offset < 0)) {
+ print "invalid arguments; type \"help read\" for a synopsis\n";
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!defined($offset)) {
+ $offset = 0;
+ }
+
+ print("Reading $count bytes starting at byte $offset from object " .
+ "$inode...\n");
+
+ # "allocate" a large enough buffer
+ my $buf = sprintf("%${count}s", " ");
+ die "suck" if (length($buf) != $count);
+
+ my $packed = pack("LpLLL", $inode, $buf, $count, 0, $offset);
+ my $rc = ioctl(DEV_OBD, &OBD_IOC_READ, $packed);
+
+ $retval = unpack("x4x4L", $packed);
+
+ if (!defined $rc) {
+ print STDERR "ioctl failed: $!\n";
+ } elsif ($rc eq "0 but true") {
+ if ($retval >= 0) {
+ print substr($buf, 0, $retval);
+ print "\nRead $retval of an attempted $count bytes.\n";
+ print "Finished (success)\n";
+ } else {
+ print "Finished (error $retval)\n";
+ }
+ } else {
+ print "ioctl returned error code $rc.\n";
+ }
+}
+
+# Unused for now