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+.\"	$NetBSD: lseek.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:34:09 cgd Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"     @(#)lseek.2	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1994
+.Dt LSEEK 2
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm lseek
+.Nd reposition read/write file offset
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft off_t
+.Fn lseek "int fildes" "off_t offset" "int whence"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn lseek
+function repositions the offset of the file descriptor
+.Fa fildes
+to the
+argument
+.Fa offset
+according to the directive
+.Fa whence.
+The argument
+.Fa fildes
+must be an open
+file descriptor.
+.Fn Lseek
+repositions the file pointer
+.Fa fildes
+as follows:
+.Bl -item -offset indent
+.It
+If
+.Fa whence
+is
+.Dv SEEK_SET ,
+the offset is set to
+.Fa offset
+bytes.
+.It
+If
+.Fa whence
+is
+.Dv SEEK_CUR ,
+the offset is set to its current location plus
+.Fa offset
+bytes.
+.It
+If
+.Fa whence
+is
+.Dv SEEK_END ,
+the offset is set to the size of the
+file plus
+.Fa offset
+bytes.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn lseek
+function allows the file offset to be set beyond the end
+of the existing end-of-file of the file. If data is later written
+at this point, subsequent reads of the data in the gap return
+bytes of zeros (until data is actually written into the gap).
+.Pp
+Some devices are incapable of seeking.  The value of the pointer
+associated with such a device is undefined.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion,
+.Fn lseek
+returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from the
+beginning of the file.
+Otherwise,
+a value of -1 is returned and
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate
+the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn Lseek
+will fail and the file pointer will remain unchanged if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EBADF
+.Em Fildes
+is not an open file descriptor.
+.It Bq Er ESPIPE
+.Em Fildes
+is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa Whence
+is not a proper value.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr dup 2 ,
+.Xr open 2
+.Sh BUGS
+This document's use of
+.Fa whence
+is incorrect English, but is maintained for historical reasons.
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn lseek
+function conforms to 
+.St -p1003.1-88 .