@node copy_file_range
@subsection @code{copy_file_range}
@findex copy_file_range
Documentation:
@itemize
@item
@ifinfo
@ref{Copying File Data,,Copying data between two files,libc},
@end ifinfo
@ifnotinfo
@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Copying-File-Data.html},
@end ifnotinfo
@item
@uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/copy_file_range.2.html,,man copy_file_range}.
@end itemize
Gnulib module: copy-file-range
@mindex copy-file-range
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function exists only on Linux and FreeBSD and is therefore
missing on many platforms:
glibc 2.26, macOS 14, FreeBSD 12.0, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.31, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 2.9, mingw, MSVC 14, Android API level 33.
But the replacement function is only a stub: It always fails with error @code{ENOSYS}.
@item
This function has many problems on Linux kernel versions before 5.3.
See @url{``Fixes for major copy_file_range() issues'',
https://lwn.net/Articles/789527/}.
On these kernel versions, the replacement function always fails with
error @code{ENOSYS}.
@item
This function returns an incorrect value when the number of bytes copied
exceeds @code{INT_MAX} on systems using glibc version 2.41 or 2.42.
See @url{glibc bug 33245, https://sourceware.org/PR33245}.
@item
This function is provided on GNU/Hurd but it is only a stub: It always
fails with error @code{ENOSYS}.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
If built with include files for Linux kernel 5.3 or later,
the Gnulib substitute may misbehave when run on Linux kernel 5.2 or earlier.
A similar problem exists if built with include files for glibc 2.43 or later,
and run on glibc 2.41 or 2.42.
@end itemize
