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@node _read, file system
@subheading Syntax

@example
#include <io.h>

ssize_t _read(int fildes, void *buf, size_t nbyte);
@end example

@subheading Description

This is a direct connection to the MS-DOS read function call, int
0x21, %ah = 0x3f.  No conversion is done on the data; it is read as
raw binary data.

@subheading Return Value

The number of bytes read.