1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 4cebbc71c..cad340738 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -56,14 +56,20 @@ typedef struct ftp_host_info_s {
 static char verbose_flag;
 static char do_continue = 0;
 
-/* If chunksize == 0 read till end of file */
-static int copyfd_chunk(int fd1, int fd2, off_t chunksize)
+static int copyfd_chunk(int fd1, int fd2, const off_t chunksize)
 {
         size_t nread;
         size_t nwritten;
         size_t size;
+        size_t remaining;
         char buffer[BUFSIZ];
 
+        if (chunksize) {
+                remaining = chunksize;
+        } else {
+                remaining = -1;
+        }
+
         do {
                 if ((chunksize > BUFSIZ) || (chunksize == 0)) {
                         size = BUFSIZ;
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ static int copyfd_chunk(int fd1, int fd2, off_t chunksize)
 
                 nread = safe_read(fd1, buffer, size);
 
-                if (nread < 0) {
+                if (nread <= 0) {
                         if (chunksize) {
                                 perror_msg_and_die("read error");
                         } else {
@@ -88,10 +94,9 @@ static int copyfd_chunk(int fd1, int fd2, off_t chunksize)
                 }
 
                 if (chunksize) {
-                        chunksize -= nwritten;
+                        remaining -= nwritten;
                 }
-
-        } while (chunksize);
+        } while (remaining != 0);
 
         return 0;
 }