The readv() function shall be equivalent to read(), except
as described
below. The readv() function shall place the input data into
the iovcnt buffers specified by the members of the
iov array: iov[0], iov[1], ..., iov[ iovcnt-1].
The iovcnt argument is valid if greater
than 0 and less than or equal to {IOV_MAX}.
Each iovec entry specifies the base address and length of an
area in memory where data should be placed. The
readv() function shall always fill an area completely before
proceeding to the next.
Upon successful completion, readv() shall mark for update the
st_atime field of the file.
RETURN VALUE
Refer to read() .
ERRORS
Refer to read() .
In addition, the readv() function shall fail if:
EINVAL
The sum of the iov_len values in the iov array overflowed
an ssize_t.
The readv() function may fail if:
EINVAL
The iovcnt argument was less than or equal to 0, or greater
than {IOV_MAX}.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Reading Data into an Array
The following example reads data from the file associated with the
file descriptor fd into the buffers specified by
members of the iov array.
read() , writev() , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/uio.h>
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