diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man/flow_read.3')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/man/flow_read.3 | 74 |
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/flow_read.3 b/doc/man/flow_read.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f4f94e67 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/flow_read.3 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" Ouroboros man pages (C) 2017 +.\" Dimitri Staessens <dimitri.staessens@ugent.be> +.\" Sander Vrijders <sander.vrijders@ugent.be> + +.TH FLOW_READ 3 2017-04-10 GNU "Ouroboros Programmer's Manual" + +.SH NAME + +flow_read, flow_write \- read and write from/to a flow + +.SH SYNOPSIS + +.B #include <ouroboros/dev.h> + +\fBint flow_read(int \fIfd\fB, void * \fIbuf\fB, size_t \fIcount\fB);\fR + +\fBint flow_write(int \fIfd\fB, const void * \fIbuf\fB, size_t \fIcount\fB);\fR + +Compile and link with \fI-louroboros\fR. + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +The \fBflow_read\fR() function attempts to read at most \fIcount\fR +bytes from the flow associated with the allocated flow descriptor +\fIfd\fR into the buffer pointed to by buf. + +The \fBflow_write\fR() function attempts to write \fIcount\fR bytes +from the supplied buffer \fIbuf\fR to the flow specified by \fIfd\fR. + +.SH RETURN VALUE + +On success, \fBflow_read\fR() returns the number of bytes read. On +failure, a negative value indicating the error will be returned. + +On success, \fBflow_write\fR() returns 0. On failure, a negative value +indicating the error will be returned. Passing a NULL pointer for +\fIbuf\fR returns 0 with no other effects. + +.SH ERRORS + +.B -EINVAL +An invalid argument was passed. + +.B -EIRMD +Failed to contact an IRMd instance. + +.B -EBADF +Invalid flow descriptor passed. + +.B -ENOTALLOC +The flow was not allocated. + +.SH ATTRIBUTES + +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see \fBattributes\fR(7). + +.TS +box, tab(&); +LB|LB|LB +L|L|L. +Interface & Attribute & Value +_ +\fBflow_read\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +_ +\fBflow_write\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe +.TE + +.SH SEE ALSO + +.BR flow_alloc "(3), " flow_dealloc (3) + +.SH COLOPHON +This page is part of the Ouroboros project, found at +https://bitbucket.org/ouroboros-rina/ouroboros |