read 2

read 2

[Jon Grant]

Hello

I saw fread is on section 3, but should read really be 3? It's not a
kernel function directly I think. Perhaps the numbering is just
historical?

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/online/pages/man2/read.2.html

Best regards, Jon
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Re: read 2

[Stefan Puiu]

Hi,

read() is a system call. If you check 'man man', system calls are
documented in section 2, while library functions like fread are in
section 3.

Thanks,
Stefan.

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Jon Grant <jg-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I saw fread is on section 3, but should read really be 3? It's not a
> kernel function directly I think. Perhaps the numbering is just
> historical?
>
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/online/pages/man2/read.2.html
>
> Best regards, Jon
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