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Diffstat (limited to 'man/buffer.3')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/buffer.3 b/man/buffer.3 index 2d4d0d2..331c32e 100644 --- a/man/buffer.3 +++ b/man/buffer.3 @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ int \fBbuffer_flush\fP(buffer *\fIb\fR); .br int \fBbuffer_copy\fP(buffer *\fIbo\fR,buffer *\fIbi\fR); -int \fBbuffer_unixread\fP(int \fIfd\fR,char *\fIbuf\fR,size_t \fIlen\fR); +ssize_t \fBbuffer_unixread\fP(int \fIfd\fR,char *\fIbuf\fR,size_t \fIlen\fR); .br -int \fBbuffer_unixwrite\fP(int \fIfd\fR,char *\fIbuf\fR,size_t \fIlen\fR); +ssize_t \fBbuffer_unixwrite\fP(int \fIfd\fR,char *\fIbuf\fR,size_t \fIlen\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION .B buffer.h describes a generic buffer interface that can be used for @@ -111,13 +111,17 @@ fills all available space with data before calling copies one buffer to other one. The output buffer needs to have at least the preallocated size of the input buffer. + .B buffer_unixread and .B buffer_unixwrite perform the same operation like standard Unix .B read or -.BR write. +.B write +however provide the function return signature +.IR ssize_t +required to be used with the buffer interface. .SH MACROS Apart from this basic usage, some helpful macro definitions are provided: |