@node pread
@subsection @code{pread}
@findex pread

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/pread.html}

Gnulib module: pread
@mindex pread

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not
work correctly on files 2 GiB and larger.  @xref{Large File Support}.
@item
This function returns zero instead of positive values when large file support
is enabled on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.11.
@item
This function does not fail on pipes on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.31.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize
