#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <unistd.h> ssize_t
read (int d void *buf size_t nbytes); ssize_t
pread (int d void *buf size_t nbytes off_t offset); ssize_t
readv (int d const struct iovec *iov int iovcnt); ssize_t
preadv (int d const struct iovec *iov int iovcnt off_t offset);
DESCRIPTION
The
read ();
system call
attempts to read
Fa nbytes
of data from the object referenced by the descriptor
Fa d
into the buffer pointed to by
Fa buf .
The
readv ();
system call
performs the same action, but scatters the input data
into the
Fa iovcnt
buffers specified by the members of the
Fa iov
array: iov[0], iov[1], ..., iov[iovcnt-1].
The
pread ();
and
preadv ();
system calls
perform the same functions, but read from the specified position in
the file without modifying the file pointer.
For
readv ();
and
preadv (,);
the
Fa iovec
structure is defined as:
Each
Fa iovec
entry specifies the base address and length of an area
in memory where data should be placed.
The
readv ();
system call
will always fill an area completely before proceeding
to the next.
On objects capable of seeking, the
read ();
starts at a position
given by the pointer associated with
Fa d
(see
lseek(2)).
Upon return from
read (,);
the pointer is incremented by the number of bytes actually read.
Objects that are not capable of seeking always read from the current
position.
The value of the pointer associated with such an
object is undefined.
Upon successful completion,
read (,);
readv (,);
pread ();
and
preadv ();
return the number of bytes actually read and placed in the buffer.
The system guarantees to read the number of bytes requested if
the descriptor references a normal file that has that many bytes left
before the end-of-file, but in no other case.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the
number of bytes actually read is returned.
Upon reading end-of-file,
zero is returned.
Otherwise, a -1 is returned and the global variable
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
read (,);
readv (,);
pread ();
and
preadv ();
system calls
will succeed unless:
Bq Er EBADF
The
Fa d
argument
is not a valid file or socket descriptor open for reading.
Bq Er ECONNRESET
The
Fa d
argument refers to a socket, and the remote socket end is
forcibly closed.
Bq Er EFAULT
The
Fa buf
argument
points outside the allocated address space.
Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
Bq Er EINTR
A read from a slow device
(i.e. one that might block for an arbitrary amount of time)
was interrupted by the delivery of a signal
before any data arrived.
Bq Er EINVAL
The pointer associated with
Fa d
was negative.
Bq Er EAGAIN
The file was marked for non-blocking I/O,
and no data were ready to be read.
Bq Er EISDIR
The file descriptor is associated with a directory residing
on a file system that does not allow regular read operations on
directories (e.g. NFS).
Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
The file descriptor is associated with a file system and file type that
do not allow regular read operations on it.
Bq Er EOVERFLOW
The file descriptor is associated with a regular file,
Fa nbytes
is greater than 0,
Fa offset
is before the end-of-file, and
Fa offset
is greater than or equal to the offset maximum established
for this file system.
Bq Er EINVAL
The value
Fa nbytes
is greater than
INT_MAX
In addition,
readv ();
and
preadv ();
may return one of the following errors:
Bq Er EINVAL
The
Fa iovcnt
argument
was less than or equal to 0, or greater than
IOV_MAX
Bq Er EINVAL
One of the
Fa iov_len
values in the
Fa iov
array was negative.
Bq Er EINVAL
The sum of the
Fa iov_len
values in the
Fa iov
array overflowed a 32-bit integer.
Bq Er EFAULT
Part of the
Fa iov
array points outside the process's allocated address space.
The
pread ();
and
preadv ();
system calls may also return the following errors:
Bq Er EINVAL
The
Fa offset
value was negative.
Bq Er ESPIPE
The file descriptor is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
The
read ();
system call is expected to conform to
St -p1003.1-90 .
The
readv ();
and
pread ();
system calls are expected to conform to
St -xpg4.2 .
HISTORY
The
preadv ();
system call appeared in
Fx 6.0 .
The
pread ();
function appeared in
AT&T System
V.4 .
The
readv ();
system call appeared in
BSD 4.2
The
read ();
function appeared in
AT&T System
v6 .