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instance method

IO#sysread

sysread(maxlen) → string
sysread(maxlen, out_string) → string

Behaves like IO#readpartial, except that it uses low-level system functions.

This method should not be used with other stream-reader methods.

See also #sync= #sysseek #sync #syswrite also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0