read(file, buf, count, &file->f_pos); why have &file->f_pos?

Tigran Aivazian (tigran@sco.COM)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 13:46:01 +0000 (GMT)

Hi,

if f_pos is available via file->f_pos why do we need to pass the address
of it as an extra argument to read() method as well?

Thanks,
Tigran.

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