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+module ByteStringUtil where
+
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Internal
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import qualified Data.ByteString as S
+import System.IO
+import System.IO.Unsafe
+
+oneMeg :: Int
+oneMeg = 1048576
+
+hGetContentsN :: Int -> Handle -> IO ByteString
+hGetContentsN kk h = lazyRead
+  where
+    k = kk - chunkOverhead
+    lazyRead = unsafeInterleaveIO loop
+
+    loop = do
+        c <- S.hGetSome h k -- only blocks if there is no data available
+        if S.null c
+          then hClose h >> return Empty
+          else do cs <- lazyRead
+                  return (Chunk c cs)
+
+readBigFile :: FilePath -> IO ByteString
+readBigFile fname = do
+    h <- openFile fname ReadMode
+    hGetContentsN oneMeg h
+