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so that it is less likely someone will confuse it with a "FILE *" type pointer. Submitted by: Based on James Raynard's patch
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3.8 KiB
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137 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)lseek.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt LSEEK 2
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm lseek
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.Nd reposition read/write file offset
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft off_t
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.Fn lseek "int fildes" "off_t offset" "int whence"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn lseek
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function repositions the offset of the file descriptor
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.Fa fildes
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to the
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argument
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.Fa offset
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according to the directive
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.Fa whence.
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The argument
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.Fa fildes
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must be an open
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file descriptor.
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.Fn Lseek
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repositions the file position pointer associated with the file
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descriptor
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.Fa fildes
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as follows:
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.Bl -item -offset indent
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.It
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If
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.Fa whence
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is
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.Dv SEEK_SET ,
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the offset is set to
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.Fa offset
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bytes.
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.It
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If
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.Fa whence
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is
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.Dv SEEK_CUR ,
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the offset is set to its current location plus
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.Fa offset
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bytes.
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.It
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If
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.Fa whence
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is
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.Dv SEEK_END ,
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the offset is set to the size of the
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file plus
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.Fa offset
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bytes.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn lseek
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function allows the file offset to be set beyond the end
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of the existing end-of-file of the file. If data is later written
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at this point, subsequent reads of the data in the gap return
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bytes of zeros (until data is actually written into the gap).
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.Pp
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Some devices are incapable of seeking. The value of the pointer
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associated with such a device is undefined.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn lseek
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returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from the
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beginning of the file.
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Otherwise,
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a value of -1 is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate
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the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn Lseek
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will fail and the file position pointer will remain unchanged if:
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.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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.Em Fildes
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is not an open file descriptor.
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.It Bq Er ESPIPE
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.Em Fildes
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is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa Whence
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is not a proper value.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dup 2 ,
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.Xr open 2
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.Sh BUGS
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This document's use of
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.Fa whence
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is incorrect English, but is maintained for historical reasons.
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn lseek
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function
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conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
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.Pq Dq Tn POSIX .
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