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+# libscio — Custom C++ I/O streams and general I/O utilities
+
+Support for:
+
+- POSIX file descriptors
+- sockets
+- reading/writing values in a different byte order than the native one
+- reading from memory mapped files
+
+## Build
+
+`make`
+
+after building and installing the dependency:
+
+- [libscerror](httos://git.bobpolis.com/bob/libscerror/)
+
+## Install
+
+`sudo make install`
+
+or, on OpenBSD:
+
+`doas gmake install`
+
+## Documentation
+
+Not yet available.