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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/write.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/write.2 | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/write.2 index 1c9d22d3937..c1abe14981e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/write.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: write.2,v 1.11 1999/05/23 14:10:57 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: write.2,v 1.12 1999/06/29 14:10:32 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: write.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:39:43 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ attempts to write of data to the object referenced by the descriptor .Fa d from the buffer pointed to by -.Fa buf . +.Fa buf . .Fn \ Writev performs the same action, but gathers the output data -from the +from the .Fa iovcnt buffers specified by the members of the .Fa iov array: iov[0], iov[1], ..., iov[iovcnt\|-\|1]. .Pp -For +For .Fn writev , -the +the .Fa iovec structure is defined as: .Pp @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct iovec { }; .Ed .Pp -Each +Each .Fa iovec entry specifies the base address and length of an area in memory from which data should be written. @@ -124,16 +124,16 @@ and may write fewer bytes than requested; the return value must be noted, and the remainder of the operation should be retried when possible. -.Pp -Note that -.Fn writev -will fail if the value of -.Fa iovcnt +.Pp +Note that +.Fn writev +will fail if the value of +.Fa iovcnt exceedes the constant -.Dv IOV_MAX . +.Dv IOV_MAX . .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion the number of bytes which were written -is returned. Otherwise a -1 is returned and the global variable +is returned. Otherwise a \-1 is returned and the global variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ An attempt is made to write to a pipe that is not open for reading by any process. .It Bq Er EPIPE An attempt is made to write to a socket of type -.DV SOCK_STREAM +.Dv SOCK_STREAM that is not connected to a peer socket. .It Bq Er EFBIG An attempt was made to write a file that exceeds the process's |