.TH buffer_mmapread 3 .SH NAME buffer_mmapread \- create read-only memory-mapped file buffer .SH SYNTAX .B #include int \fBbuffer_mmapread\fR(buffer &\fIb\fR,const char* \fIfilename\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION buffer_mmapread opens \fIfilename\fR for reading and fills \fIb\fR so that the contents of the file can be read from it. Using mmap is more efficient than reading through a real buffer, but you have to call buffer_close to unmap the memory in the end. .SH EXAMPLE #include #include buffer input; char x; buffer_mmapread(&input,"/etc/passwd"); while (buffer_get(&input,&x,1)==1) { buffer_put(buffer_1,&x,1); if (x=='\\n') break; } buffer_flush(buffer_1); buffer_close(&input); .SH "RETURN VALUE" \fBbuffer_mmapread\fR returns 0 if everything was fine, -1 on error (setting \fIerrno\fR). .SH "SEE ALSO" buffer_flush(3), buffer(3)