Merge pull request #25 from fischerling/improve-text-printing

Improve text printing

programs/cat.c

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ static inline void print_content(const char *path, char *buffer, unsigned buflen
     // Open the file.
     int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY, 42);
     if (fd >= 0) {
+        ssize_t bytes_read = 0;
         // Put on the standard output the characters.
-        while (read(fd, buffer, buflen) > 0) {
-            puts(buffer);
+        while ((bytes_read = read(fd, buffer, buflen)) > 0) {
+            write(STDOUT_FILENO, buffer, bytes_read);
         }
         // Close the file descriptor.
         close(fd);
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             return 0;
         }
     }
+    int status = 0;
     // Prepare the buffer for reading.
     char buffer[BUFSIZ];
     // Iterate the arguments.
@@ -60,16 +62,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         } else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode)) {
             printf("cat: %s: Is a directory\n\n", argv[i]);
+            status = 1;
 
         } else if (S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
             if (readlink(argv[i], buffer, BUFSIZ)) {
                 print_content(buffer, buffer, BUFSIZ);
             } else {
                 printf("cat: %s: %s\n\n", argv[i], strerror(errno));
+                status = 1;
             }
         }
     }
     putchar('\n');
     putchar('\n');
-    return 0;
+    return status;
 }

programs/man.c

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     else if (argc == 2)
     {
+        char *pager = "cat";
         char filepath[PATH_MAX];
         strcpy(filepath, "/usr/share/man/");
         strcat(filepath, argv[1]);
@@ -47,23 +48,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         int fd = open(filepath, O_RDONLY, 42);
         if (fd < 0)
         {
-            printf("%s: No manual entry for %s\n\n", argv[0], argv[1]);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // Prepare the buffer for reading the man file.
-            char buffer[BUFSIZ];
-            // Put on the standard output the characters.
-            while (read(fd, buffer, BUFSIZ) > 0)
-            {
-                puts(buffer);
-            }
-            // Close the file descriptor.
-            close(fd);
-            // Terminate with a pair of newlines.
-            putchar('\n');
-            putchar('\n');
+            printf("%s: No manual entry for %s\n", argv[0], argv[1]);
+            exit(1);
         }
+        close(fd);
+        execlp(pager, pager, filepath);
     }
     return 0;
 }