Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types | From | "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <> | Date | Sun, 22 Nov 2020 14:14:54 +0100 |
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Hi Florian,
On 11/22/20 1:43 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Alejandro Colomar: > >> The Linux kernel uses 'unsigned int' instead of 'int' for 'fd' and >> 'whence'. As glibc provides no wrapper, use the same types the >> kernel uses. > > lseek is a POSIX interface, and glibc provides it. POSIX uses int for > file descriptors (and the whence parameter in case of lseek). > > The llseek system call is a different matter, that's indeed > Linux-specific. >
Ahhh, true. So many similar functions... :p
Thanks,
Alex
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