Re: pread()

[Roland McGrath]

> Manuel Menal, le Sat 09 Oct 2010 20:40:26 +0200, a écrit :
> > There should be a way to check if the object is seekable or not before
> > calling io_read(), so pread() can return an error. But there is no
> > io_seekable() RPC, and calling io_seek() seems wrong to me, since
> > pread() is supposed not to change the file offset.
> 
> Can't io_seek be called with SEEK_CUR, 0, thus not changing the file
> offset?

Yes, it can.  But pread making two RPCs rather than one would defeat half
the purpose of its existence.


Thanks,
Roland