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Man Page: mmap_private

Operating Environment: debian

Section: 3

mmap_private(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   mmap_private(3)

NAME
mmap_private - memory map a file for reading and writing
SYNTAX
#include <mmap.h> char* mmap_private(const char* filename,size_t* filesize);
DESCRIPTION
mmap_private opens filename for reading and writing, maps the whole file into memory, closes the file, writes the length of the file to filesize and returns a pointer to the mapped file. The file is mapped copy-on-write. Changes done to the mapped region will not be written to disk. The file is unmapped by the operating system if the process terminates. It can also be manually unmapped by calling munmap from <sys/mman.h>. If the file could not be opened or mapped, (void*)0 is returned.
SEE ALSO
mmap_unmap(3) mmap_private(3)
Related Man Pages
munmap(2) - redhat
mvalid(2) - hpux
munmap(2) - osf1
msync(2) - netbsd
mman(5) - hpux
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