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#include <giomm.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>

// Use this line if you want debug output:
// std::ostream& ostr = std::cout;

// This seems nicer and more useful than putting an ifdef around the use of ostr:
std::stringstream debug;
std::ostream& ostr = debug;

#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
#define TEST_FILE "c:/windows/write.exe"
#else
#define TEST_FILE "/etc/fstab"
#endif

int
main(int, char**)
{
  Glib::init();
  Gio::init();

  try
  {
    auto file = Gio::File::create_for_path(TEST_FILE);
    if (!file)
    {
      std::cerr << "Gio::File::create_for_path() returned an empty RefPtr." << std::endl;
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    auto stream = file->read();
    if (!stream)
    {
      std::cerr << "Gio::File::read() returned an empty RefPtr." << std::endl;
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    gchar buffer[1000]; // TODO: This is unpleasant.
    memset(buffer, 0, sizeof buffer);
    const gsize bytes_read = stream->read(buffer, sizeof buffer - 1);

    if (bytes_read)
      ostr << "File contents read: " << buffer << std::endl;
    else
    {
      std::cerr << "Gio::InputStream::read() read 0 bytes." << std::endl;
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  }
  catch (const Glib::Exception& ex)
  {
    std::cerr << "Exception caught: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}