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34.Dd July 23, 1991
35.Dt ASYNC_DAEMON 2
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm async_daemon
39.Nd create a local
40.Tn NFS
41asynchronous
42.Tn I/O
43server
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <unistd.h>
46.Ft int
47.Fn async_daemon void
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Fn Async_daemon
50starts an NFS
51asynchronous
52.Tn I/O
53server.
54Normally this system calls does not return unless the server
55is terminated by a signal at which time a value of 0 is returned.
56Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
57.Va errno
58is set to indicate the error.
59.Sh ERRORS
60The
61.Em nfssvc
62fails if the following is true:
63.Bl -tag -width [EPERM]
64.It Bq Er EPERM
65The caller is not the super-user.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr nfsiod 8
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Nm async_daemon
72function call is
73.Ud .
74