PREAD(3P)

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💖 PREAD(3P) — the POSIX Programmer's Manual era 💖

okay bestie, so this is PREAD(3P), straight out of the POSIX Programmer's Manual (that's the manual name, that's the vibe, iykyk) 🎀

✨ PROLOG ✨

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. Lowkey important disclaimer time, no cap:

  • The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior, fr fr).
  • Or — plot twist — the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. 😭

🌸 NAME 🌸

pread — read from a file 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <unistd.h>

ssize_t pread(int fildes, void *buf, size_t nbyte, off_t offset);

look at her. four args. main character energy. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Refer to read().

that's it. that's the whole description. she's giving "go ask my sister, she knows everything" and honestly? iconic. 🫶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

Real talk, bestie: in the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page, babes 💜 it dropped from IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — sending u a lil forehead kiss, go read read() and slay 🌈⭐🍓

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