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authorSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 09:14:21 +0000
committerSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 09:14:21 +0000
commitc6ff3a1bf74d96278726113478b2c66884aab584 (patch)
tree6fdc69d4aab26ec98c8573dbb7c07e9edbb0900a /lib/libc/sys/read.2
parent55609eba05d32edc56e3f69740099d4d9b095cef (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/read.2')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/read.29
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/read.2
index b8c451d91068..16fe7284afb8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/read.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/read.2
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ for read, then calls
.Fn _thread_sys_read .
If the call to
.Fn _thread_sys_read
-would block, a context switch is performed. Before returning,
+would block, a context switch is performed.
+Before returning,
.Fn read
unlocks
.Va d .
@@ -158,13 +159,15 @@ for read, then calls
.Fn _thread_sys_readv .
If the call to
.Fn _thread_sys_readv
-would block, a context switch is performed. Before returning,
+would block, a context switch is performed.
+Before returning,
.Fn readv
unlocks
.Va d .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful, the
-number of bytes actually read is returned. Upon reading end-of-file,
+number of bytes actually read is returned.
+Upon reading end-of-file,
zero is returned.
Otherwise, a -1 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno