NAME

io_setup - create an asynchronous I/O context

LIBRARY

Asynchronous I/O library (libaio, -laio)

SYNOPSIS

#include <libaio.h>

long io_setup(unsigned int n, io_context_t *ctx_idp);

DESCRIPTION

io_setup() creates an asynchronous I/O context suitable for concurrently processing n operations.

RETURN VALUE

On success, io_setup() returns 0. On error, a negative error code is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

See io_setup(2).

STANDARDS

libaio.

HISTORY

libaio.

SEE ALSO

io_setup(2), io(3), aio(7)