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33 .Nd hint at the future access pattern of a file
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41 .Fn posix_fadvise "int fd" "off_t offset" "off_t size" "int hint"
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45 hints at the application's access pattern to the file and range
55 is zero, it means to the end of file.
58 should be one of the followings.
60 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL -compact
66 .It POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL
68 (from lower offset to higher offset.)
69 .It POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED
71 .It POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED
73 .It POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE
74 Will be accessed just once.
79 doesn't alter the semantics of the operations,
80 it is only a matter of performance.
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86 Otherwise, it returns an error number.
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94 .Dv POSIX_FADV_NORMAL ,
95 .Dv POSIX_FADV_RANDOM ,
97 .Dv POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL ,
98 the current implementation ignores
102 and applies the hint to the whole file.