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_dos_read

Syntax

 
#include <dos.h>

unsigned int _dos_read(int handle, void *buffer, unsigned int count,
                       unsigned int *result);

Description

This is a direct connection to the MS-DOS read function call (%ah = 0x3F). No conversion is done on the data; it is read as raw binary data. This function reads from handle into buffer count bytes. count value may be arbitrary size (for example > 64KB). It puts number of bytes read into result if reading is successful.

See also _dos_open, _dos_creat, _dos_creatnew, _dos_write, and _dos_close.

Return Value

Returns 0 if successful or DOS error code on error (and sets errno to EACCES or EBADF)

Portability

ANSI/ISO C No
POSIX No

Example

 
int handle;
unsigned int result;
char *filebuffer;

if ( !_dos_open("FOO.DAT", O_RDONLY, &handle) )
{
   puts("FOO.DAT openning was successful.");
   if ( (filebuffer = malloc(130000)) != NULL )
   {
     if ( !_dos_read(handle, buffer, 130000, &result) )
       printf("%u bytes read from FOO.DAT.\n", result);
     else
       puts("Reading error.");
     ...
     /* Do something with filebuffer. */
     ...
   }
   _dos_close(handle);
}

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