LLSEEK(2) Linux Programmer's Manual LLSEEK(2)

_llseek - reposition read/write file offset

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/types.h> #include <linux/unistd.h> #include <errno.h>

_syscall5(int, _llseek, unsigned int, fd, unsigned long, hi, unsigned long, lo, loff_t *, res, unsigned int, wh)

int _llseek(unsigned int fd, unsigned long offset_high, unsigned long offset_low, loff_t *result, unsigned int whence);

The _llseek function repositions the offset of the open file associated with the file descriptor fd to (offset_high<<32) | offset_low bytes relative to the beginning of the file, the current position in the file, or the end of the file, depending on whether whence is SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END, respectively. It returns the resulting file position in the argument result.

Upon successful completion, _llseek returns 0. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

fd is not an open file descriptor.
Problem with copying results to user space.
whence is invalid.

This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

lseek(2), lseek64(3)

1995-06-10 Linux 1.2.9

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