for an error.
derived from GNU C's cccp.c. */
-int safe_read(int desc, char *ptr, int len)
+static int safe_read(int desc, char *ptr, int len)
{
int n_chars;
}
-/****************************************************************************
-check if a process exists.
-****************************************************************************/
-int process_exists(int pid)
-{
- return(kill(pid,0) == 0 || errno != ESRCH);
-}
-
/* lock a byte range in a open file */
int lock_range(int fd, int offset, int len)
{