Manpages - llseek.2

_llseek - reposition read/write file offset

  #include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
  #include <unistd.h>

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

Note: glibc provides no wrapper for *_llseek*(), necessitating the use of *syscall*(2).

Note: for information about the *llseek*(3) library function, see *lseek64*(3).

The *_llseek*() system call repositions the offset of the open file description associated with the file descriptor fd to the value

(offset_high << 32) | offset_low

This new offset is a byte offset relative to the beginning of the file, the current file offset, or the end of the file, depending on whether whence is SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END, respectively.

The new file offset is returned in the argument result. The type loff_t is a 64-bit signed type.

This system call exists on various 32-bit platforms to support seeking to large file offsets.

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

EBADF

fd is not an open file descriptor.

EFAULT

Problem with copying results to user space.

EINVAL

whence is invalid.

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

You probably want to use the *lseek*(2) wrapper function instead.

*lseek*(2), *open*(2), *lseek64*(3)

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