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     READV(2)                                                 READV(2)

     NAME
          readv, writev, preadv, pwritev - scatter/gather read and
          write

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <u.h>
          #include <libc.h>

          typedef
          struct IOchunk
          {
               void      *addr;
               ulong     len;
          } IOchunk;

          long readv(int fd, IOchunk *io, int nio)

          long preadv(int fd, IOchunk *io, int nio, vlong off)

          long writev(int fd, IOchunk *io, int nio)

          long pwritev(int fd, IOchunk *io, int nio, vlong off)

     DESCRIPTION
          These functions supplement the standard read and write oper-
          ations of read(2) with facilities for scatter/gather I/O.
          The set of I/O buffers is collected into an array of IOchunk
          structures passed as an argument.

          Readv reads data from fd and returns the total number of
          bytes received.  The received data is stored in the succes-
          sive nio elements of the IOchunk array, storing io[0].len
          bytes at io[0].addr, the next io[1].len at io[1].addr, and
          so on.  Preadv does the same, but implicitly seeks to I/O
          offset off by analogy with readv.

          Writev and pwritev are the analogous write routines.

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/libc/9sys/readv.c
          /sys/src/libc/9sys/writev.c

     SEE ALSO
          intro(2), read(2)

     DIAGNOSTICS
          These functions set errstr.

     BUGS
          The implementations use malloc(2) to build a single buffer

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     READV(2)                                                 READV(2)

          for a standard call to read or write.  They are placeholders
          for possible future system calls.

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