Subj : Re: pread/pwrite
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Wed May 25 2005 05:30 pm


"Lyonya" <leonews@optonline.com> wrote in message 
news:OF7le.26169$NZ1.8906@fe09.lga...

> can pread/pwrite operate on sockets the way they work with files?

    The 'pread' and 'pwrite' functions are an atomic combination of a seek 
and a read or write. Since you can't seek on a socket, there is no way 
'pread' or 'pwrite' could operate on sockets the way they work on files.

    DS

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