@node pwrite
@section @code{pwrite}
@findex pwrite

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pwrite.html}

Gnulib module: pwrite

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
HP-UX 10, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not
work correctly on files larger than 2 GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
@item
This function does not fail when an invalid (negative) offset is passed when
large file support is enabled on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.11.
@item
This function uses an arbitrary offset instead of the @code{off_t} argument
when large file support is enabled on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.11.
@end itemize

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