unblock(3abz)

unblock3abz

Set sync/async i/o operations on a file descriptor.

Usage

#include <abz/unblock.h>

int block(int fd);
int unblock(int fd);

Libraries

Abz Library (-labz), Debug Library (-ldebug)

Overview

The block() function sets synchronous I/O operations on the specified file descriptor fd. The unblock() function sets asynchronous I/O operations on the specified file descriptor fd.

Notes

None of the libabz routines are thread-safe. I'm not planning to change this either! For more information, please see http://threading.2038bug.com/

Author

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <[email protected]>

From libabz0-dev 0.5.1 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.