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.Dd June 2, 1999
.Dt AIO_ERROR 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm aio_error
.Nd retrieve error status of asynchronous I/O operation (REALTIME)
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In aio.h
.Ft int
.Fn aio_error "const struct aiocb *iocb"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn aio_error
system call returns the error status of the asynchronous I/O request
associated with the structure pointed to by
.Fa iocb .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the asynchronous I/O request has completed successfully,
.Fn aio_error
returns 0.
If the request has not yet completed,
.Er EINPROGRESS
is returned.
If the request has completed unsuccessfully the error
status is returned as described in
.Xr read 2 ,
.Xr write 2 ,
or
.Xr fsync 2 .
On failure,
.Fn aio_error
returns
.Dv -1
and sets
.Dv errno
to indicate the error condition.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn aio_error
system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The
.Fa iocb
argument
does not reference an outstanding asynchronous I/O request.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
.Xr aio_read 2 ,
.Xr aio_return 2 ,
.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
.Xr aio_write 2 ,
.Xr fsync 2 ,
.Xr read 2 ,
.Xr write 2 ,
.Xr aio 4
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn aio_error
system call
is expected to conform to the
.St -p1003.1
standard.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn aio_error
system call first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
This
manual page was written by
.An Wes Peters Aq Mt wes@softweyr.com .