aio_cancel(3)

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NAME

6       aio_cancel - cancel an outstanding asynchronous I/O request
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <aio.h>
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11       int aio_cancel(int fd, struct aiocb *aiocbp);
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13       Link with -lrt.
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  aio_cancel()  function attempts to cancel outstanding asynchronous
17       I/O requests for the file descriptor fd.  If aiocbp is NULL,  all  such
18       requests  are  canceled.   Otherwise, only the request described by the
19       control block pointed to by aiocbp is  canceled.   (See  aio(7)  for  a
20       description of the aiocb structure.)
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22       Normal  asynchronous  notification  occurs  for  canceled requests (see
23       aio(7) and sigevent(7)).  The request return status (aio_return(3))  is
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25       CELED.  The control block of requests that cannot be  canceled  is  not
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28       If  the  request  could  not be canceled, then it will terminate in the
29       usual  way  after  performing  the  I/O  operation.   (In  this   case,
30       aio_error(3) will return the status EINPROGRESSS.)
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32       If  aiocbp  is  not  NULL, and fd differs from the file descriptor with
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36       Which operations are cancelable is implementation-defined.
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RETURN VALUE

39       The aio_cancel() function returns one of the following values:
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45              At  least one of the requests specified was not canceled because
46              it was in progress.  In this case, one may check the  status  of
47              individual requests using aio_error(3).
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52       -1     An  error  occurred.   The  cause  of  the error can be found by
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ERRORS

56       EBADF  fd is not a valid file descriptor.
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58       ENOSYS aio_cancel() is not implemented.
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VERSIONS

61       The aio_cancel() function is available since glibc 2.1.
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CONFORMING TO

64       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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EXAMPLE

67       See aio(7).
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COLOPHON

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