llseek (2)

LLSEEK(2) Linux Programmer's Manual LLSEEK(2) NAME _llseek - reposition read/write file offset SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> int _llseek(unsigned int fd, unsigned long offset_high, unsigned long offset_low, loff_t *result, unsigned int whence); DESCRIPTION The _llseek() function repositions the offset of the open file associ- ated 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 result- ing file position in the argument result. RETURN VALUE Upon successful completion, _llseek() returns 0. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS EBADF fd is not an open file descriptor. EFAULT Problem with copying results to user space. EINVAL whence is invalid. CONFORMING TO This function is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable. NOTES Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using syscall(2). SEE ALSO lseek(2), lseek64(3) Linux 2007-06-01 LLSEEK(2)