#include "cliserv.h"

int read_stream(int fd, char *ptr, int maxbytes)
{
   int nleft, nread;

	nleft = maxbytes;
   while (nleft > 0) 
	{
	   if (( nread = read(fd, ptr, nleft)) < 0)
		   return (nread);
		else if (nread == 0)
		   break;
		nleft -= nread;
		ptr += nread;
	}
	return (maxbytes - nleft);
}