.\" Ouroboros man pages (C) 2017 .\" Dimitri Staessens <dimitri.staessens@ugent.be> .\" Sander Vrijders <sander.vrijders@ugent.be> .TH FLOW_READ 3 2017-04-10 GNU "Ouroboros Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME flow_read, flow_write \- read and write from/to a flow .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <ouroboros/dev.h> \fBint flow_read(int \fIfd\fB, void * \fIbuf\fB, size_t \fIcount\fB);\fR \fBint flow_write(int \fIfd\fB, const void * \fIbuf\fB, size_t \fIcount\fB);\fR Compile and link with \fI-louroboros\fR. .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBflow_read\fR() function attempts to read at most \fIcount\fR bytes from the flow associated with the allocated flow descriptor \fIfd\fR into the buffer pointed to by buf. The \fBflow_write\fR() function attempts to write \fIcount\fR bytes from the supplied buffer \fIbuf\fR to the flow specified by \fIfd\fR. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, \fBflow_read\fR() returns the number of bytes read. On failure, a negative value indicating the error will be returned. On success, \fBflow_write\fR() returns 0. On failure, a negative value indicating the error will be returned. Passing a NULL pointer for \fIbuf\fR returns 0 with no other effects. .SH ERRORS .B -EINVAL An invalid argument was passed. .B -EIRMD Failed to contact an IRMd instance. .B -EBADF Invalid flow descriptor passed. .B -ENOTALLOC The flow was not allocated. .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see \fBattributes\fR(7). .TS box, tab(&); LB|LB|LB L|L|L. Interface & Attribute & Value _ \fBflow_read\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe _ \fBflow_write\fR() & Thread safety & MT-Safe .TE .SH SEE ALSO .BR flow_alloc "(3), " flow_dealloc (3) .SH COLOPHON This page is part of the Ouroboros project, found at https://bitbucket.org/ouroboros-rina/ouroboros