Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.lang.c Subject: Re: integer types, sys calls, and stdio Message-ID: <2408@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 18:40:39 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.2408 Posted: Thu Jan 10 18:40:39 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:36:58 EST References: <1997@mordor.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:11455 net.lang.c:3816 The 4.2BSD manual entry that claims that lseek returns an integer and takes an integer argument for its offset is *wrong*! The system call itself (in the kernel) takes the arguments int fd; off_t off; int sbase; (off_t is typedef'd to int in, but this is a system- dependent file.) -- (This line accidently left nonblank.) In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland