Mad readfile() read the file in one fell swoop.
diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
index c96953c..dc46740 100644
--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -41,7 +41,17 @@
# Return a string containing a file's contents.
#
def readfile(fn):
- return open(fn, 'r').read(posix.stat(fn)[stat.ST_SIZE])
+ st = posix.stat(fn)
+ size = st[stat.ST_SIZE]
+ if not size: return ''
+ try:
+ fp = open(fn, 'r')
+ except:
+ raise posix.error, 'readfile(' + fn + '): open failed'
+ try:
+ return fp.read(size)
+ except:
+ raise posix.error, 'readfile(' + fn + '): read failed'
# Make command argument from directory and pathname (prefix space, add quotes).