/* allocate our input buffer */
        buf = (char *)bu_calloc( sizeof(char), BUFSIZE, "input buffer" );
//      wrkptr = buf;
        /* Read ASCII input file, each record on a line */

        while( ( fgets( buf, 512 /*BUFSIZE*/, ifp ) ) != (char *) NULL )  {

after_read:
                /* Clear the output record -- vital! */
                (void)bzero( (char *)&record, sizeof(record) );

                /* Check record type */
                switch( buf[0] )  {
                case ID_SOLID:
                        solbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_COMB:
                        if( combbld() > 0 )  goto after_read;
                        break;
//                      continue;
                case ID_MEMB:
                        bu_log("Warning: unattached Member record, ignored\n");
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_ARS_A:
                        arsabld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_ARS_B:
                        arsbbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_P_HEAD:
                        polyhbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_P_DATA:
                        bu_log("Unattached POLY-solid P_DATA (Q) record, skippin
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_IDENT:
                        identbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_MATERIAL:
                        materbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_BSOLID:
                        bsplbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case ID_BSURF:
                        bsurfbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;
                case DBID_PIPE:
                        pipebld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_STRSOL:
                        strsolbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_NMG:
                        nmgbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_PARTICLE:
                        particlebld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_ARBN:
                        arbnbld();
                        break;
                case DBID_CLINE:
                        clinebld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_BOT:
                        botbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_EXTR:
                        extrbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                case DBID_SKETCH:
                        sktbld();
                        break;
//                      continue;

                default:
                        bu_log("asc2g: bad record type '%c' (0%o), skipping\n",
                        bu_log("%s\n", buf );
                        break;
//                      continue;
                }
                continue;
//              memset(buf, 0, sizeof(char) * BUFSIZE); this is reset to 0 above
        }

        bu_free(buf, "input buffer");

        /* Now, at the end of the database, dump out the entire
         * region-id-based color table.
         */
        mk_write_color_table( ofp );
        wdb_close(ofp);                                 /* there should probably be an ifdef _WIN32 here :) */

        exit(0);