io_destroy(3)              Library Functions Manual              io_destroy(3)

NAME
       io_destroy - destroy an asynchronous I/O context

LIBRARY
       Asynchronous I/O library (libaio, -laio)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libaio.h>

       long io_destroy(io_context_t *ctx_idp);

DESCRIPTION
       The io_destroy() system call will attempt to cancel all outstanding
       asynchronous I/O operations against ctx_id, will block on the
       completion of all operations that could not be canceled, and will
       destroy the ctx_id.

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

ERRORS
       See io_destroy(2).

STANDARDS
       libaio.

HISTORY
       libaio.

SEE ALSO
       io_destroy(2), io(3), aio(7)

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