// Receive a command (from the reader to us, where we are the simulated tag),
// and store it in the given buffer, up to the given maximum length. Keeps
// spinning, waiting for a well-framed command, until either we get one
// Receive a command (from the reader to us, where we are the simulated tag),
// and store it in the given buffer, up to the given maximum length. Keeps
// spinning, waiting for a well-framed command, until either we get one