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io_fd(3)              DragonFly Library Functions Manual              io_fd(3)

NAME

io_fd - prepare descriptor for io_wait

SYNTAX

#include <io.h> int io_fd(int64 fd);

DESCRIPTION

If you want to use io_canread() and io_canwrite() on a descriptor, you have to use io_wait() on it first, and io_wait() has to know which descriptors you are interested in. Use io_fd() for this. io_pipe and io_socketpair already call io_fd for you. Waiting on descriptors only works for sockets, fifos and pipes. It may also work on devices and TTYs, but that is platform dependent -- you should not rely on that. It does not work on files.

RETURN VALUE

io_fd returns 1 on success, 0 on error.

SEE ALSO

io_wait(3), io_wantread(3), io_canread(3), io_eagain(3), io_nonblock(3) io_fd(3)

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