/* original file /h0/HWC/STATUS/read_pipe.c  ( J. Kehres , 19/2/92 ) */


int read_pipe(pipe_path,data_buffer,buffer_size)
int pipe_path;
char *data_buffer;
int buffer_size;
{
  int read_length;

  if ((read_length = read(pipe_path,data_buffer, buffer_size)) < 0)
    fprintf(stderr,"status, read failure. Path: %d. \n", pipe_path);
  /*
  else
    fprintf(stderr,"status, read_length: %d, Path: %d. \n", 
                            read_length, pipe_path);
  */
}