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27.Dd June 2, 1999
d5c710e6 28.Dt AIO_RETURN 3
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29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm aio_return
32.Nd retrieve return status of asynchronous I/O operation (REALTIME)
33.Sh LIBRARY
d5c710e6 34.Lb librt
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35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In aio.h
44de8521 37.Ft ssize_t
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38.Fn aio_return "struct aiocb *iocb"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn aio_return
42function returns the final status of the asynchronous I/O request
43associated with the structure pointed to by
44.Fa iocb .
45.Pp
46.Fn aio_return
47should only be called once, to obtain the final status of an asynchronous
48I/O operation once
aebd4e04 49.Xr aio_error 3
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50returns something other than
51.Er EINPROGRESS .
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53If the asynchronous I/O request has completed, the status is returned
54as described in
55.Xr read 2 ,
56.Xr write 2 ,
57or
58.Xr fsync 2 .
59On failure,
60.Fn aio_return
61returns
62.Dv -1
63and sets
0f09e575 64.Va errno
984263bc 65to indicate the error condition.
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66.Sh ERRORS
67The
68.Fn aio_return
69function will fail if:
70.Bl -tag -width Er
71.It Bq Er EINVAL
72.Fa iocb
73does not reference an outstanding asynchronous I/O request.
74.El
0b84df5c 75.Sh SEE ALSO
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76.Xr fsync 2 ,
77.Xr read 2 ,
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78.Xr write 2 ,
79.Xr aio_cancel 3 ,
80.Xr aio_error 3 ,
81.Xr aio_read 3 ,
82.Xr aio_suspend 3 ,
83.Xr aio_write 3
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84.Sh STANDARDS
85.Fn aio_return
86is expected to conform to the
87.St -p1003.2
88standard.
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92function first appeared in
93.Fx 3.0 .
94.Sh AUTHORS
95This
96manual page was written by
98b3d9ad 97.An Wes Peters Aq Mt wes@softweyr.com .