nc 0.9.7

Access system calls directly
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/// Read from a file descriptor.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// let path = "/etc/passwd";
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::openat(nc::AT_FDCWD, path, nc::O_RDONLY, 0) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let fd = ret.unwrap();
/// let mut buf = [0_u8; 4 * 1024];
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::read(fd, &mut buf) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let n_read = ret.unwrap();
/// assert!(n_read <= buf.len() as nc::ssize_t);
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::close(fd) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// ```
pub unsafe fn read(fd: i32, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<ssize_t, Errno> {
    let fd = fd as usize;
    let buf_ptr = buf.as_mut_ptr() as usize;
    let count = buf.len();
    syscall3(SYS_READ, fd, buf_ptr, count).map(|ret| ret as ssize_t)
}