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29.Dd May 4, 2007
30.Dt AIO_ERROR 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm aio_error
34.Nd retrieve error status of asynchronous I/O operation (REALTIME)
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb librt
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In aio.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn aio_error "const struct aiocb *aiocbp"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn aio_error
44system call returns the error status of the asynchronous I/O request
45associated with the structure pointed to by
46.Fa aiocbp .
47.Sh RETURN VALUES
48If the asynchronous I/O request has completed successfully,
49.Fn aio_error
50returns 0.
51If the request has not yet completed,
52.Er EINPROGRESS
53is returned.
54If the request has completed unsuccessfully the error
55status is returned as described in
56.Xr read 2 ,
57.Xr write 2 ,
58or
59.Xr fsync 2 .
60On failure,
61.Fn aio_error
62returns \-1 and sets
63.Va errno
64to indicate the error condition.
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn aio_error
68system call will fail if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er EINVAL
71The
72.Fa aiocb
73argument
74does not reference an outstanding asynchronous I/O request.
75.El
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr fsync 2 ,
78.Xr read 2 ,
79.Xr write 2 ,
80.Xr aio_cancel 3 ,
81.Xr aio_read 3 ,
82.Xr aio_return 3 ,
83.Xr aio_suspend 3 ,
84.Xr aio_write 3
85.Sh STANDARDS
86The
87.Fn aio_error
88system call
89is expected to conform to the
90.St -p1003.1-2001
91standard.
92.Sh HISTORY
93The
94.Fn aio_error
95system call first appeared in
96.Nx 5.0 .
97