03-26-2006
System calls?
open, creat, read, write, lseek and close
Are they all primitive?
*Another Question: is there a different between a system call, and an i/o system call?
Last edited by PlunderBunny; 03-26-2006 at 06:11 PM..
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LSEEK(2) System Calls Manual LSEEK(2)
NAME
lseek, tell - move read/write pointer
SYNOPSIS
long lseek(fildes, offset, whence)
long offset;
long tell(fildes)
DESCRIPTION
The file descriptor refers to a file open for reading or writing. The read (resp. write) pointer for the file is set as follows:
If whence is 0, the pointer is set to offset bytes.
If whence is 1, the pointer is set to its current location plus offset.
If whence is 2, the pointer is set to the size of the file plus offset.
The returned value is the resulting pointer location.
The obsolete function tell(fildes) is identical to lseek(fildes, 0L, 1).
Seeking far beyond the end of a file, then writing, creates a gap or `hole', which occupies no physical space and reads as zeros.
SEE ALSO
open(2), creat(2), fseek(3)
DIAGNOSTICS
-1 is returned for an undefined file descriptor, seek on a pipe, or seek to a position before the beginning of file.
BUGS
Lseek is a no-op on character special files.
ASSEMBLER
(lseek = 19.)
(file descriptor in r0)
sys lseek; offset1; offset2; whence
Offset1 and offset2 are the high and low words of offset; r0 and r1 contain the pointer upon return.
LSEEK(2)