+ len = strlen(ptr);
+ memmove(buf, ptr, len + 1);
+
+ /* Refill the buffer so that if there's a partial string that we care
+ * about, it will be completed, and we can recognize it.
+ */
+ n = read(fd, &buf[len], size - len - 1);
+ if(n < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ buf[len + n] = '\0';