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@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ Availability: \UNIX, Windows.
\begin{funcdesc}{read}{fd, n}
Read at most \var{n} bytes from file descriptor \var{fd}.
-Return a string containing the bytes read.
+Return a string containing the bytes read. If the end of the file
+referred to by \var{fd} has been reached, an empty string is
+returned.
Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
Note: this function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied