return new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
  }

  /**
   * There are three methods to implement {@link FileChannel#transferTo(long, long,
   * WritableByteChannel)}:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>Use sendfile(2) or equivalent. Requires that both the input channel and the output
   *       channel have their own file descriptors. Generally this only happens when both channels

 * <li><code>TransactNamedPipe</code> A message-type pipe call that
 * writes to and reads from an existing pipe descriptor in one operation.
 * <li><code>CreateFile</code>, <code>ReadFile</code>,
 * <code>WriteFile</code>, and <code>CloseFile</code> A byte-type pipe can
 * be opened, written to, read from and closed using the standard Win32
 * file operations.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>

 * <li> <code>TransactNamedPipe</code> A message-type pipe call that
 *      writes to and reads from an existing pipe descriptor in one operation.
 * <li> <code>CreateFile</code>, <code>ReadFile</code>,
 *      <code>WriteFile</code>, and <code>CloseFile</code> A byte-type pipe can
 *      be opened, written to, read from and closed using the standard Win32
 *      file operations.
 * </ul>
 *

					}
					ht[file.Name] = htr
				}
			}
			b, err := json.MarshalIndent(ht, "", "  ")
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			fmt.Println(string(b))
			return nil
		}
		b, err := os.ReadFile(file)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
		if _, err = msgp.CopyToJSON(buf, bytes.NewReader(b)); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		var htr map[string]any

		}
	}

	{
		buf := make([]byte, 5)
		// Test for negative offset.
		if _, err = xlStorage.ReadFile(t.Context(), volume, "myobject", -1, buf, v); err == nil {
			t.Fatalf("expected: error, got: <nil>")
		}
	}

	for range 2 {
		// Following block validates all ReadFile test cases.
		for i, testCase := range testCases {
			var n int64
			// Common read buffer.

		if dataDir != tc.expectedDataDir {
			t.Fatalf("Expected %s but got %s", tc.expectedDataDir, dataDir)
		}
		count++
	}
}

func Benchmark_mergeXLV2Versions(b *testing.B) {
	data, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/xl.meta-v1.2.zst")
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatal(err)
	}
	dec, _ := zstd.NewReader(nil)
	data, err = dec.DecodeAll(data, nil)
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatal(err)
	}

	var xl xlMetaV2

// tries to verify whether the disk has bitrot.
//
// Additionally ReadFile also starts reading from an offset. ReadFile
// semantics are same as io.ReadFull.
func (s *xlStorage) ReadFile(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, offset int64, buffer []byte, verifier *BitrotVerifier) (int64, error) {
	if offset < 0 {
		return 0, errInvalidArgument
	}

	volumeDir, err := s.getVolDir(volume)
	if err != nil {

	if sshPrivateKey == "" {
		logger.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments passed, private key file is mandatory for --sftp='ssh-private-key=path/to/id_ecdsa'"), "unable to start SFTP server")
	}

	privateBytes, err := os.ReadFile(sshPrivateKey)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments passed, private key file is not accessible: %v", err), "unable to start SFTP server")
	}

	private, err := ssh.ParsePrivateKey(privateBytes)

	respBody, err := client.callGet(ctx, storageRESTMethodReadFileStream, values, nil, -1)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, toStorageErr(err)
	}
	return respBody, nil
}

// ReadFile - reads section of a file.
func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadFile(ctx context.Context, volume string, path string, offset int64, buf []byte, verifier *BitrotVerifier) (int64, error) {
	values := make(url.Values)
	values.Set(storageRESTVolume, volume)

//
//	"/.dockerenv":        "file",
//	"/run/.containerenv": "file",
func IsDocker() bool {
	var err error
	for _, envfile := range []string{
		"/.dockerenv",
		"/run/.containerenv",
	} {
		_, err = os.Stat(envfile)
		if err == nil {
			return true
		}
	}
	if osIsNotExist(err) {
		// if none of the files are present we may be running inside