man3/libssh2_sftp_read.3

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   3 .TH libssh2_sftp_read 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
   4 .SH NAME
   5 libssh2_sftp_read - read data from an SFTP handle
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 #include <libssh2.h>
   8 #include <libssh2_sftp.h>
   9
  10 ssize_t
  11 libssh2_sftp_read(LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *handle, char *buffer, size_t buffer_maxlen);
  12
  13 .SH DESCRIPTION
  14 \fIhandle\fP is the SFTP File Handle as returned by
  15 .BR libssh2_sftp_open(3)
  16
  17 \fIbuffer\fP is a pointer to a pre-allocated buffer of at least
  18
  19 \fIbuffer_maxlen\fP bytes to read data into.
  20
  21 Reads a block of data from an LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE. This method is modelled
  22 after the POSIX
  23 .BR read(2)
  24 function and uses the same calling semantics.
  25 .BR libssh2_sftp_read(3)
  26 will attempt to read as much as possible however it may not fill all of
  27 buffer if the file pointer reaches the end or
  28 if further reads would cause the socket to block.
  29
  30 .SH RETURN VALUE
  31 Number of bytes actually populated into buffer, or negative on failure.
  32 It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While
  33 LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se.
  34 .SH ERRORS
  35 \fILIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC\fP -  An internal memory allocation call failed.
  36
  37 \fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.
  38
  39 \fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT\fP -
  40
  41 \fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL\fP - An invalid SFTP protocol response was
  42 received on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to be
  43 returned by the server.
  44
  45 .SH SEE ALSO
  46 .BR libssh2_sftp_open(3)
  47 .BR libssh2_sftp_readnb(3)