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-.TH LSEEK64 3 2004-12-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH LSEEK64 3 2014-08-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
lseek64 \- reposition 64-bit read/write file offset
.SH SYNOPSIS
The library routine
.BR llseek ()
.\" in libc 5.0.9, not in 4.7.6
-is available in libc5 and glibc and works without special defines.
-Its prototype was given in
-.I <unistd.h>
-with libc5, but glibc does not provide a prototype.
-This is bad, since a prototype is needed.
+is available in the glibc and works without special defines.
+However, the glibc headers do not provide a prototype.
Users should add
the above prototype, or something equivalent, to their own source.
When users complained about data loss caused by a miscompilation of
.sp
For more details, see
.BR llseek (2).
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR lseek64 ()
+function is thread-safe.
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR llseek (2),
.BR lseek (2)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.