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aio_error(3) Library Functions Manualaio_error(3)aio_error - get error status of asynchronous I/O operation
Real-time library (librt,-lrt)
#include <aio.h>int aio_error(const struct aiocb *aiocbp);
Theaio_error() function returns the error status for the asynchronous I/O request with control block pointed to byaiocbp. (Seeaio(7) for a description of theaiocb structure.)
This function returns one of the following:EINPROGRESS if the request has not been completed yet.ECANCELED if the request was canceled.0if the request completed successfully. >0A positive error number, if the asynchronous I/O operation failed. This is the same value that would have been stored in theerrno variable in the case of a synchronousread(2),write(2),fsync(2), orfdatasync(2) call.
EINVALaiocbp does not point at a control block for an asynchronous I/O request of which the return status (seeaio_return(3)) has not been retrieved yet.ENOSYS aio_error() is not implemented.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │aio_error() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.
Seeaio(7).
aio_cancel(3),aio_fsync(3),aio_read(3),aio_return(3),aio_suspend(3),aio_write(3),lio_listio(3),aio(7)
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