--- a/src/xs_support.c	Wed Dec 15 18:47:01 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/xs_support.c	Sun Dec 19 15:25:03 2004 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@
 #include "xs_support.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+
+/* Bigendian file reading functions
+ */
+guint16 xs_rd_be16(FILE *f)
+{
+ return (((guint16) fgetc(f)) << 8) |
+ 	 ((guint16) fgetc(f));
+}
+
+
+guint32 xs_rd_be32(FILE *f)
+{
+ return (((guint32) fgetc(f)) << 24) |
+ 	(((guint32) fgetc(f)) << 16) |
+ 	(((guint32) fgetc(f)) << 8) |
+ 	 ((guint32) fgetc(f));
+}
+
+
+size_t xs_rd_str(FILE *f, gchar *s, size_t l)
+{
+ return fread(s, sizeof(gchar), l, f);
+}
+
+
 /* Copy a string
  */
 gchar *xs_strncpy(gchar *pDest, gchar *pSource, size_t n)