NAME

       _llseek - reposition read/write file offset

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/syscall.h>      /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
       #include <unistd.h>

       int syscall(SYS__llseek, unsigned int fd, unsigned long offset_high,
                   unsigned long offset_low, loff_t *result,
                   unsigned int whence);

       Note: glibc provides no wrapper for _llseek(), necessitating the use of syscall(2).

DESCRIPTION

       Note: for information about the llseek(3) library function, see lseek64(3).

       The  _llseek()  system call repositions the offset of the open file description associated
       with the file descriptor fd to the value

              (offset_high << 32) | offset_low

       This new offset is a byte offset relative to the beginning of the file, the  current  file
       offset,  or  the  end  of  the file, depending on whether whence is SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or
       SEEK_END, respectively.

       The new file offset is returned in the argument result.  The   type  loff_t  is  a  64-bit
       signed type.

       This  system  call  exists  on  various  32-bit platforms to support seeking to large file
       offsets.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, _llseek() returns 0.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
       errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EBADF  fd is not an open file descriptor.

       EFAULT Problem with copying results to user space.

       EINVAL whence is invalid.

STANDARDS

       This  function  is  Linux-specific,  and  should  not  be  used in programs intended to be
       portable.

NOTES

       You probably want to use the lseek(2) wrapper function instead.

SEE ALSO

       lseek(2), open(2), lseek64(3)