/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb TCPIP Services, Programming Interfaces, Sockets API, read()  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Reads bytes from a socket or file and places them in a user-
    provided buffer.
    The $QIO equivalent is the IO$_READVBLK function.
    Format
      #include  <unixio.h>
      int read  ( int d, void *buffer, int nbytes );

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