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Read up to the specified number of bytes, returning the number of bytes actually read. This function should only block if there is no data available. If there is not enough data available, then the function should just return the available data. A return value of zero indicates that the end of the data stream (e.g. end of file) has been reached.

Read up to the specified number of bytes, returning the number of bytes actually read, or Nothing if the end of the stream has been reached.

Write the specified number of bytes.

Write up to the specified number of bytes without blocking. Returns the actual number of bytes written.

ready dev write msecs returns True if the device has data to read (if write is False) or space to write new data (if write is True). msecs specifies how long to wait, in milliseconds.

closes the device. Further operations on the device should produce exceptions.

returns True if the device is a terminal or console.

returns True if the device supports seek operations.

seek to the specified position in the data.

return the current position in the data.

return the size of the data.

change the size of the data.

for terminal devices, changes whether characters are echoed on the device.

returns the current echoing status.

some devices (e.g. terminals) support a "raw" mode where characters entered are immediately made available to the program. If available, this operations enables raw mode.

returns the IODeviceType corresponding to this device.

duplicates the device, if possible. The new device is expected to share a file pointer with the original device (like Unix dup).

dup2 source target replaces the target device with the source device. The target device is closed first, if necessary, and then it is made into a duplicate of the first device (like Unix dup2).