instance method
IO#sysread
(::Integer maxlen, ::String outbuf) -> ::String
sysread(maxlen) → string
sysread(maxlen, out_string) → string
io.c
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static VALUE
rb_io_sysread(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
VALUE len, str;
rb_io_t *fptr;
long n, ilen;
struct io_internal_read_struct iis;
int shrinkable;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &len, &str);
ilen = NUM2LONG(len);
shrinkable = io_setstrbuf(&str, ilen);
if (ilen == 0) return str;
GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
rb_io_check_byte_readable(fptr);
if (READ_DATA_BUFFERED(fptr)) {
rb_raise(rb_eIOError, "sysread for buffered IO");
}
rb_io_check_closed(fptr);
io_setstrbuf(&str, ilen);
iis.th = rb_thread_current();
iis.fptr = fptr;
iis.nonblock = 0;
iis.fd = fptr->fd;
iis.buf = RSTRING_PTR(str);
iis.capa = ilen;
iis.timeout = NULL;
n = io_read_memory_locktmp(str, &iis);
if (n < 0) {
rb_sys_fail_path(fptr->pathv);
}
io_set_read_length(str, n, shrinkable);
if (n == 0 && ilen > 0) {
rb_eof_error();
}
return str;
}
Behaves like IO#readpartial, except that it uses low-level system functions.
This method should not be used with other stream-reader methods.