source(builtin) and read(2)

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Re: source(builtin) and read(2)

Andreas Schwab: > > When the file size is very large or the filesystem is poor, the read(2) > > systemcall may not read all of the file. In this case, the return value > > will be shorter than the requested bytes. > > Even worse, if read returns -1 then this writes beyond array bounds. > Also, fi