1AIO_READ(3) Linux Programmer's Manual AIO_READ(3)
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6 aio_read - asynchronous read
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9 #include <aio.h>
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11 int aio_read(struct aiocb *aiocbp);
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13 Link with -lrt.
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16 The aio_read() function queues the I/O request described by the buffer
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20 read(fd, buf, count)
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22 correspond (in order) to the fields aio_fildes, aio_buf, and aio_nbytes
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26 The data is read starting at the absolute file offset aiocbp->aio_off‐
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30 The "asynchronous" means that this call returns as soon as the request
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32 returns. One tests for completion using aio_error(3). The return sta‐
33 tus of a completed I/O operation can be obtained by aio_return(3).
34 Asynchronous notification of I/O completion can be obtained by setting
35 aiocbp->aio_sigevent appropriately; see sigevent(7) for details.
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41 The field aiocbp->aio_lio_opcode is ignored.
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43 No data is read from a regular file beyond its maximum offset.
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46 On success, 0 is returned. On error the request is not enqueued, -1 is
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48 later, it will be reported via aio_return(3) (returns status -1) and
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55 EBADF aio_fildes is not a valid file descriptor open for reading.
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68 The aio_read() function is available since glibc 2.1.
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74 It is a good idea to zero out the control block before use. The con‐
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87 aio_cancel(3), aio_error(3), aio_fsync(3), aio_return(3), aio_sus‐
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91 This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A
92 description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
93 be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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