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.\" $Id: elftc_copyfile.3 2315 2011-12-11 09:28:55Z jkoshy $
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.Dd December 11, 2011
.Os
.Dt ELFTC_COPYFILE 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm elftc_copyfile
.Nd convenience function to copy data
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelftc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelftc.h
.Ft in
.Fn elftc_copyfile "int ifd" "int ofd"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The function
.Fn elftc_copyfile
copies the contents of the file referenced by argument
.Ar ifd
to the file referenced by argument
.Ar ofd .
.Pp
The argument
.Ar ifd
should contain a file descriptor opened for reading, with its file
offset at the beginning of the file.
.Pp
The argument
.Ar ofd
should contain a file descriptor opened for writing.
.Sh RETURN VALUE
.Rv -std
.Sh ERRORS
The function
.Fn elftc_copyfile
may fail with any of the errors returned by
.Xr fstat 2 ,
.Xr malloc 3 ,
.Xr mmap 2 ,
.Xr munmap 2 ,
.Xr read 2
or
.Xr write 2 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fstat 2 ,
.Xr malloc 3 ,
.Xr mmap 2 ,
.Xr munmap 2 ,
.Xr read 2 ,
.Xr write 2