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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 12:38:17 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: lseek() calling llseek()
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Hello.

Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> 
> According to Eli Zaretskii:
> > On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 lnobody AT delorie DOT com wrote:
> > > -A file lseek handler (@pxref{lseek}).
> > > +A file lseek handler (@pxref{lseek}).  Here for backwards
> > > +compatibility.  Use __FSEXT_llseek instead.  If you have a
> > > +__FSEXT_llseek handler you don't need a __FSEXT_lseek handler as lseek
> > > +calls llseek internally.
> >
> > This is okay, but please put all the symbols, like `lseek' and
> > `__FSEXT_*', in @code.
> 
> You mean like this:
> A file @code{lseek} handler (@pxref{lseek}).  Here for backwards
> > > +compatibility.  Use @code{__FSEXT_llseek} instead.  ...
> 
> That means I'll change almost every line in that file, if I understand
> you correctly, for that first @code is missing in many places.

I think it would be a good idea to fix it, while you are modifying the docs.
 
> > > +  llseek_offset = llseek(handle, offset, whence);
> >
> > Is `llseek' defined to `_llseek' on stubs.h?
> 
> Yes, it's in stubs.h.

It's called __llseek. Not that it makes any difference.

> >   If not, is it Posix?
> 
> No (Linux man page says it Linux specific; it's dated 1995, though).

Draft 7 of the new POSIX standard does not have it either. llseek isn't
needed, since POSIX includes the Large File Summit functionality.

Bye, Rich =]

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