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.TH sys_uio.h "0P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
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.SH PROLOG
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
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The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
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the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
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or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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.SH NAME
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sys/uio.h
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\(em definitions for vector I/O operations
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.LP
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#include <sys/uio.h>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.IR <sys/uio.h>
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header shall define the
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.BR iovec
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structure, which shall include at least the following members:
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.sp
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.RS 4
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\fB
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void *iov_base \fRBase address of a memory region for input or output.\fR
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size_t iov_len \fRThe size of the memory pointed to by \fIiov_base.\fR
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.fi \fR
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.P
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.RE
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.P
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The
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.IR <sys/uio.h>
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header uses the
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.BR iovec
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structure for scatter/gather I/O.
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.P
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The
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.IR <sys/uio.h>
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header shall define the
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.BR ssize_t
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and
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.BR size_t
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types as described in
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.IR <sys/types.h> .
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.P
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The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined
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as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
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.sp
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.RS 4
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\fB
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ssize_t readv(int, const struct iovec *, int);
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ssize_t writev(int, const struct iovec *, int);
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.fi \fR
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.P
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.LP
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.IR "The following sections are informative."
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.SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
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The implementation can put a limit on the number of scatter/gather
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elements which can be processed in one call. The symbol
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{IOV_MAX}
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defined in
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.IR <limits.h>
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should always be used to learn about the limits instead of assuming a
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fixed value.
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.SH RATIONALE
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Traditionally, the maximum number of scatter/gather elements the system
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can process in one call were described by the symbolic value
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{UIO_MAXIOV}.
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In IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1\(hy2001 this value is replaced by the constant
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{IOV_MAX}
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which can be found in
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.IR <limits.h> .
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.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
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None.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR "\fB<limits.h>\fP",
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.IR "\fB<sys_types.h>\fP"
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.P
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The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008,
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.IR "\fIread\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIreadv\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIwrite\fR\^(\|)",
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.IR "\fIwritev\fR\^(\|)"
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
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Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
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Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
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(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
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is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
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http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
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in this page are most likely
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to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
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man page format. To report such errors, see
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https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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