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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/read.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/read.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8a4827ba --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/read.2 @@ -0,0 +1,275 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: read.2,v 1.39 2019/09/02 00:00:25 sevan Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)read.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/26/94 +.\" +.Dd September 2, 2019 +.Dt READ 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm read , +.Nm readv , +.Nm pread , +.Nm preadv +.Nd read input +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn read "int d" "void *buf" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn pread "int d" "void *buf" "size_t nbytes" "off_t offset" +.In sys/uio.h +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn readv "int d" "const struct iovec *iov" "int iovcnt" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn preadv "int d" "const struct iovec *iov" "int iovcnt" "off_t offset" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn read +attempts to read +.Fa nbytes +of data from the object referenced by the descriptor +.Fa d +into the buffer pointed to by +.Fa buf . +.Fn readv +performs the same action, but scatters the input data +into the +.Fa iovcnt +buffers specified by the members of the +.Fa iov +array: iov[0], iov[1], ..., iov[iovcnt\|\-\|1]. +.Fn pread +and +.Fn preadv +perform the same functions, but read from the specified position in +the file without modifying the file pointer. +.Pp +For +.Fn readv +and +.Fn preadv , +the +.Fa iovec +structure is defined as: +.Pp +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +struct iovec { + void *iov_base; + size_t iov_len; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +Each +.Fa iovec +entry specifies the base address and length of an area +in memory where data should be placed. +.Fn readv +will always fill an area completely before proceeding +to the next. +.Pp +On objects capable of seeking, the +.Fn read +starts at a position +given by the file pointer associated with +.Fa d +(see +.Xr lseek 2 ) . +Upon return from +.Fn read , +the file pointer is incremented by the number of bytes actually read. +.Pp +Objects that are not capable of seeking always read from the current +position. +The value of the file pointer associated with such an object is undefined. +.Pp +Upon successful completion, +.Fn read , +.Fn readv , +.Fn pread , +and +.Fn preadv +return the number of bytes actually read and placed in the buffer. +The system guarantees to read the number of bytes requested if +the descriptor references a normal file that has that many bytes left +before the end-of-file, but in no other case. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, the +number of bytes actually read is returned. +Upon reading end-of-file, zero is returned. +Otherwise, a \-1 is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn read , +.Fn readv , +.Fn pread , +and +.Fn preadv +will succeed unless: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The file was marked for non-blocking I/O, +and no data were ready to be read. +.It Bq Er EBADF +.Fa d +is not a valid file or socket descriptor open for reading. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +.Fa buf +points outside the allocated address space. +.It Bq Er EINTR +A read from a slow device +(i.e. one that might block for an arbitrary amount of time) +was interrupted by the delivery of a signal +before any data arrived. +See +.Xr sigaction 2 +for more information on the interaction between signals and system +calls. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The file pointer associated with +.Fa d +was negative; or +the total length of the I/O is more than can be expressed by the ssize_t +return value. +.It Bq Er EIO +An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system. +.It Bq Er EISDIR +.Fa d +refers to a directory and the implementation does not allow the directory +to be read using +.Fn read +or +.Fn pread . +The +.Fn readdir +function should be used instead. +.It Bq Er ENOBUFS +A message was not delivered because it would have overflowed the buffer. +.El +.Pp +In addition, +.Fn readv +and +.Fn preadv +may return one of the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +Part of the +.Fa iov +points outside the process's allocated address space. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa iovcnt +was less than or equal to 0, or greater than +.Brq Dv IOV_MAX ; +or one of the +.Fa iov_len +values in the +.Fa iov +array was negative; or +the sum of the +.Fa iov_len +values in the +.Fa iov +array overflowed a 32-bit integer. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn pread +and +.Fn preadv +calls may also return the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The specified file offset is invalid. +.It Bq Er ESPIPE +The file descriptor is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dup 2 , +.Xr fcntl 2 , +.Xr open 2 , +.Xr pipe 2 , +.Xr poll 2 , +.Xr select 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr socket 2 , +.Xr socketpair 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn read +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-90 . +The +.Fn readv +and +.Fn pread +functions conform to +.St -xpg4.2 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn preadv +function call +appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . +The +.Fn pread +function call +appeared in +.At V.4 . +The +.Fn readv +function call +appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +The +.Fn read +function call appeared in +.At v1 . +.Sh CAVEATS +Error checks should explicitly test for \-1. +Code such as +.Bd -literal + while ((nr = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) +.Ed +.Pp +is not maximally portable, as some platforms allow for +.Va nbytes +to range between +.Dv SSIZE_MAX +and +.Dv SIZE_MAX +\- 2, in which case the return value of an error-free +.Fn read +may appear as a negative number distinct from \-1. +Proper loops should use +.Bd -literal + while ((nr = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) != -1 && nr != 0) +.Ed |
