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+/*
+ * XXX This sample code was once meant to show how to use the basic Libevent
+ * interfaces, but it never worked on non-Unix platforms, and some of the
+ * interfaces have changed since it was first written.  It should probably
+ * be removed or replaced with something better.
+ *
+ * Compile with:
+ * cc -I/usr/local/include -o event-test event-test.c -L/usr/local/lib -levent
+ */
+
+#include <event2/event-config.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#else
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <event.h>
+
+static void
+fifo_read(evutil_socket_t fd, short event, void *arg)
+{
+	char buf[255];
+	int len;
+	struct event *ev = arg;
+#ifdef WIN32
+	DWORD dwBytesRead;
+#endif
+
+	/* Reschedule this event */
+	event_add(ev, NULL);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "fifo_read called with fd: %d, event: %d, arg: %p\n",
+	    (int)fd, event, arg);
+#ifdef WIN32
+	len = ReadFile((HANDLE)fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, &dwBytesRead, NULL);
+
+	/* Check for end of file. */
+	if (len && dwBytesRead == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "End Of File");
+		event_del(ev);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	buf[dwBytesRead] = '\0';
+#else
+	len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+
+	if (len == -1) {
+		perror("read");
+		return;
+	} else if (len == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Connection closed\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	buf[len] = '\0';
+#endif
+	fprintf(stdout, "Read: %s\n", buf);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct event evfifo;
+#ifdef WIN32
+	HANDLE socket;
+	/* Open a file. */
+	socket = CreateFileA("test.txt",	/* open File */
+			GENERIC_READ,		/* open for reading */
+			0,			/* do not share */
+			NULL,			/* no security */
+			OPEN_EXISTING,		/* existing file only */
+			FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,	/* normal file */
+			NULL);			/* no attr. template */
+
+	if (socket == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		return 1;
+
+#else
+	struct stat st;
+	const char *fifo = "event.fifo";
+	int socket;
+
+	if (lstat(fifo, &st) == 0) {
+		if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) {
+			errno = EEXIST;
+			perror("lstat");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	unlink(fifo);
+	if (mkfifo(fifo, 0600) == -1) {
+		perror("mkfifo");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* Linux pipes are broken, we need O_RDWR instead of O_RDONLY */
+#ifdef __linux
+	socket = open(fifo, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
+#else
+	socket = open(fifo, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
+#endif
+
+	if (socket == -1) {
+		perror("open");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "Write data to %s\n", fifo);
+#endif
+	/* Initalize the event library */
+	event_init();
+
+	/* Initalize one event */
+#ifdef WIN32
+	event_set(&evfifo, (evutil_socket_t)socket, EV_READ, fifo_read, &evfifo);
+#else
+	event_set(&evfifo, socket, EV_READ, fifo_read, &evfifo);
+#endif
+
+	/* Add it to the active events, without a timeout */
+	event_add(&evfifo, NULL);
+
+	event_dispatch();
+#ifdef WIN32
+	CloseHandle(socket);
+#endif
+	return (0);
+}
+