{
      CHECK_NULL (file);

      switch (file->accesstype) {
      case GP_FILE_ACCESSTYPE_MEMORY:
            if (data)
                  *data = file->data;
            if (size)
                  *size = file->size;
            break;
      case GP_FILE_ACCESSTYPE_FD: {
            off_t offset;
            unsigned long int curread = 0;

            if (-1 == lseek (file->fd, 0, SEEK_END)) {
                  if (errno == EBADF) return GP_ERROR_IO;
                  /* Might happen for pipes or sockets. Umm. Hard. */
                  /* FIXME */
            }
            if (-1 == (offset = lseek (file->fd, 0, SEEK_CUR))) {
                  /* should not happen if we passed the above case */
                  gp_log (GP_LOG_ERROR, "gphoto2-file", "Encountered error %d lseekin to CUR.", errno);
                  return GP_ERROR_IO_READ;
            }
            if (-1 == lseek (file->fd, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
                  /* should not happen if we passed the above cases */
                  gp_log (GP_LOG_ERROR, "gphoto2-file", "Encountered error %d lseekin to CUR.", errno);
                  return GP_ERROR_IO_READ;
            }
            if (size) *size = offset;
            if (!data) /* just the size... */
                  return GP_OK;
            *data = malloc (offset);
            if (!*data)
                  return GP_ERROR_NO_MEMORY;
            while (curread < offset) {
                  unsigned int res = read (file->fd, (char*)((*data)+curread), offset-curread);
                  if (res == -1) {
                        free ((char*)*data);
                        gp_log (GP_LOG_ERROR, "gphoto2-file", "Encountered error %d reading.", errno);
                        return GP_ERROR_IO_READ;
                  }
                  if (res == 0) {
                        free ((char*)*data);
                        gp_log (GP_LOG_ERROR, "gphoto2-file", "No progress during reading.");
                        return GP_ERROR_IO_READ;
                  }
                  curread += res;
            }
            break;
      }
      default:
            gp_log (GP_LOG_ERROR, "gphoto2-file", "Unknown file access type %d", file->accesstype);
            return GP_ERROR;
      }
      return (GP_OK);
}