.TH buffer_feed 3 .SH NAME buffer_feed \- low-level component of buffer_get .SH SYNTAX .B #include int \fBbuffer_feed\fP(buffer* \fIb\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION If the string is nonempty, buffer_feed returns the length of the string. If the string is empty, buffer_feed uses the read operation to feed data into the string; it then returns the new length of the string, or 0 for end of input, or -1 for error. .SH "SEE ALSO" buffer_init(3), buffer_get(3), buffer_peek(3), buffer_feed(3), buffer(3)