Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.28+, H06.05+)

System Functions (s and S) spt_readx(2)
NAME
spt_readx - Reads from a file (thread-aware version)
LIBRARY
G-series native OSS processes: /G/system/sysnn/zsptsrl
H-series OSS processes: /G/system/zdllnnn/zsptdll
SYNOPSIS
[#include <sys/types.h>]
[#include <unistd.h>]
#include <spthread.h>
ssize_t spt_readx (
int filedes,
void *buffer,
size_t nbytes
);
PARAMETERS
filedes Specifies an open file descriptor obtained from a successful call to the
spt_acceptx(), creat(), dup(), spt_dup2x( ), spt_fcntlx(), open(),
pipe(), socket(),orsocketpair() function.
buffer Points to the buffer to receive data read.
nbytes Specifies the number of bytes to read from the file associated with the
filedes parameter.
If the value of nbytes is 0 (zero), the spt_readx() function returns 0
(zero). There are no other results.
If the value of nbytes is greater than SSIZE_MAX, the read() function
returns -1 and sets errno to [EINVAL].
DESCRIPTION
The spt_readx() function is the thread-aware version of the read() function.
The spt_readx() function attempts to read nbytes bytes of data from the file associated with the
filedes parameter into the buffer pointed to by the buffer parameter.
On regular files and devices capable of seeking, the spt_readx() function starts at a position in
the file given by the file pointer associated with the filedes parameter. Upon return from the
spt_readx() function, the file pointer is incremented by the number of bytes actually read.
Devices that are incapable of seeking always read from the current position. For such devices,
the value of the file pointer after a call to the spt_readx() function is always 0 (zero).
Upon successful completion, the spt_readx() function returns the number of bytes actually read
and placed in the buffer. This number is never greater than the value of the nbytes parameter.
The value returned can be less than nbytes if the number of bytes left in the file is less than
nbytes, if the spt_readx() request was interrupted by a signal, or if the file is a pipe, FIFO file, or
special file and has fewer than nbytes bytes immediately available for reading. For example, an
spt_readx() from a file associated with a terminal might return one typed line of data.
No data transfer occurs past the current end-of-file (EOF). If the starting position is at or after the
end-of-file, 0 (zero) is returned.
If an spt_writex() or spt_writevx() call contains so much data that the file system needs to
resize a pipe or FIFO buffer, a read from that pipe or FIFO file can return up to 52 kilobytes of
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