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NAME

       lseek64 - reposition 64-bit read/write file offset

SYNOPSIS

       #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE     /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       off64_t lseek64(int fd, off64_t offset, int whence);

DESCRIPTION

       The  lseek(2)  family  of  functions  reposition  the  offset  of  the open file associated with the file
       descriptor fd to offset bytes relative to the start, current position, or end of the  file,  when  whence
       has the value SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END, respectively.

       For more details, return value, and errors, see lseek(2).

       Four interfaces are available: lseek(2), lseek64(), llseek(2), and _llseek(2).

   lseek()
       Prototype:

           off_t lseek(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);

       lseek(2)  uses the type off_t.  This is a 32-bit signed type on 32-bit architectures, unless one compiles
       with

           #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64

       in which case it is a 64-bit signed type.

   lseek64()
       Prototype:

           off64_t lseek64(int fd, off64_t offset, int whence);

       The library routine lseek64() uses a 64-bit type even when off_t is a 32-bit type.   Its  prototype  (and
       the type off64_t) is available only when one compiles with

           #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE

       The function lseek64() is available since glibc 2.1, and is defined to be an alias for llseek().

   llseek()
       Prototype:

           loff_t llseek(int fd, loff_t offset, int whence);

       The  type  loff_t  is a 64-bit signed type.  The library routine llseek() is available in glibc and works
       without special defines.  However, the glibc headers do not provide a prototype.  Users  should  add  the
       above  prototype,  or  something  equivalent, to their own source.  When users complained about data loss
       caused by a miscompilation of e2fsck(8), glibc 2.1.3 added the link-time warning

           "the `llseek´ function may be dangerous; use `lseek64´ instead."

       This makes this function unusable if one desires a warning-free compilation.

   _llseek()
       On 32-bit architectures, this is the system call that is used to implement all of  the  above  functions.
       The prototype is:

           int _llseek(int fd, off_t offset_hi, off_t offset_lo,
                       loff_t *result, int whence);

       For more details, see llseek(2).

       64-bit  systems  don't  need  an  _llseek() system call.  Instead, they have an lseek(2) system call that
       supports 64-bit file offsets.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │InterfaceAttributeValue   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │lseek64() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

SEE ALSO

       llseek(2), lseek(2)

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