+
+ // if the file is seekable, also check that we're at its beginning
+ wxASSERT_MSG( m_file.Tell() == 0, wxT("should be at start of file") );
+
+ char *dst = buf.data();
+ for ( size_t nRemaining = bufSize; nRemaining > 0; )
+ {
+ size_t nToRead = BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+ // the file size could have changed, avoid overflowing the buffer
+ // even if it did
+ if ( nToRead > nRemaining )
+ nToRead = nRemaining;
+
+ ssize_t nRead = m_file.Read(dst, nToRead);
+
+ if ( nRead == wxInvalidOffset )
+ {
+ // read error (error message already given in wxFile::Read)
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if ( nRead == 0 )
+ {
+ // this file can't be empty because we checked for this above
+ // so this must be the end of file
+ break;
+ }
+
+ dst += nRead;
+ nRemaining -= nRead;