+static char *io_buffer;
+static int io_buffer_count;
+
+void io_start_buffering(int fd)
+{
+ io_buffer = (char *)malloc(IO_BUFFER_SIZE);
+ if (!io_buffer) out_of_memory("writefd");
+ io_buffer_count = 0;
+}
+
+void io_end_buffering(int fd)
+{
+ if (io_buffer_count) {
+ if (writefd_unbuffered(fd, io_buffer,
+ io_buffer_count) !=
+ io_buffer_count) {
+ rprintf(FERROR,"write failed\n");
+ exit_cleanup(1);
+ }
+ io_buffer_count = 0;
+ }
+ free(io_buffer);
+ io_buffer = NULL;
+}
+
+static int writefd(int fd,char *buf,int len1)
+{
+ int len = len1;
+
+ if (!io_buffer) return writefd_unbuffered(fd, buf, len);