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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+
+char expected[] = {
+ "Amazing Electronic Fact: If you scuffed your feet long enough without\n"
+ "touching anything, you would build up so many electrons that your\n"
+ "finger would explode! But this is nothing to worry about unless you\n"
+ "have carpeting.\n"
+};
+
+char actual[sizeof expected];
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+ int handle, byte_cnt;
+ printf ("(read-normal) begin\n");
+
+ handle = open ("sample.txt");
+ if (handle < 2)
+ printf ("(read-normal) fail: open() returned %d\n", handle);
+
+ byte_cnt = read (handle, actual, sizeof actual - 1);
+ if (byte_cnt != sizeof actual - 1)
+ printf ("(read-normal) fail: read() returned %d instead of %d\n",
+ byte_cnt, sizeof actual - 1);
+ else if (strcmp (expected, actual))
+ printf ("(read-normal) fail: expected text differs from actual:\n%s",
+ actual);
+
+ printf ("(read-normal) end\n");
+ return 0;
+}