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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- asyncio/CloseAsync
- asyncio/OpenAsync
- asyncio/ReadAsync
- asyncio/ReadCharAsync
- asyncio/SeekAsync
- asyncio/WriteAsync
- asyncio/WriteCharAsync
- asyncio/CloseAsync asyncio/CloseAsync
-
- NAME
- CloseAsync -- close an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- success = CloseAsync(file);
-
- LONG CloseAsync(struct AsyncFile *);
-
- FUNCTION
- Closes a file, flushing any pending writes. Once this call has been
- made, the file can no longer be accessed.
-
- INPUTS
- file - the file to close. May be NULL, in which case this function
- returns -1 and sets the IoErr() code to ERROR_INVALID_LOCk.
-
- RESULT
- result - < 0 for an error, >= 0 for success. Indicates whether closing
- the file worked or not. If the file was opened in read-mode,
- then this call will always work. In case of error,
- dos.library/IoErr() can give more information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), dos.library/Close()
-
- asyncio/OpenAsync asyncio/OpenAsync
-
- NAME
- OpenAsync -- open a file for asynchronous IO.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- file = OpenAsync(fileName, accessMode, bufferSize);
-
- struct AsyncFile OpenAsync(const STRPTR, UBYTE, LONG);
-
- FUNCTION
- The named file is opened and an async file handle returned. If the
- accessMode is MODE_READ, an existing file is opened for reading.
- If accessMode is MODE_WRITE, a new file is created for writing. If
- a file of the same name already exists, it is first deleted. If
- accessMode is MODE_APPEND, an existing file is prepared for writing.
- Data written is added to the end of the file. If the file does not
- exists, it is created.
-
- 'fileName' is a filename and CANNOT be a window specification such as
- CON: or RAW:, or "*"
-
- 'bufferSize' specifies the size of the IO buffer to use. There are
- in fact two buffers allocated, each of roughly (bufferSize/2) bytes
- in size. The actual buffer size use can vary slightly as the size
- is rounded to speed up DMA.
-
- If the file cannot be opened for any reason, the value returned
- will be NULL, and a secondary error code will be available by
- calling the routine dos.library/IoErr().
-
- INPUTS
- name - name of the file to open, cannot be a window specification
- accessMode - one of MODE_READ, MODE_WRITE, or MODE_APPEND
- bufferSize - size of IO buffer to use. 8192 is recommended as it
- provides very good performance for relatively little
- memory.
-
- RESULTS
- file - an async file handle or NULL for failure. You should not access
- the fields in the AsyncFile structure, these are private to the
- async IO routines. In case of failure, dos.library/IoErr() can
- give more information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- CloseAsync(), dos.library/Open()
-
- asyncio/ReadAsync asyncio/ReadAsync
-
- NAME
- ReadAsync -- read bytes from an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- actualLength = ReadAsync(file, buffer, numBytes);
-
- LONG ReadAsync(struct AsyncFile *, APTR, LONG);
-
- FUNCTION
- This function reads bytes of information from an opened async file
- into the buffer given. 'numBytes' is the number of bytes to read from
- the file.
-
- The value returned is the length of the information actually read.
- So, when 'actualLength' is greater than zero, the value of
- 'actualLength' is the the number of characters read. Usually
- ReadAsync() will try to fill up your buffer before returning. A value
- of zero means that end-of-file has been reached. Errors are indicated
- by a value of -1.
-
- INPUTS
- file - opened file to read, as obtained from OpenAsync()
- buffer - buffer where to put bytes read
- numBytes - number of bytes to read into buffer
-
- RESULT
- actualLength - actual number of bytes read, or -1 if an error. In
- case of error, dos.library/IoErr() can give more
- information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), CloseAsync(), ReadCharAsync(), WriteAsync(),
- dos.library/Read()
-
- asyncio/ReadCharAsync asyncio/ReadCharAsync
-
- NAME
- ReadCharAsync -- read a single byte from an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- byte = ReadCharAsync(file);
-
- LONG ReadCharAsync(struct AsyncFile *);
-
- FUNCTION
- This function reads a single byte from an async file. The byte is
- returned, or -1 if there was an error reading, or if the end-of-file
- was reached.
-
- INPUTS
- file - opened file to read from, as obtained from OpenAsync()
-
- RESULT
- byte - the byte read, or -1 if no byte was read. In case of error,
- dos.library/IoErr() can give more information. If IoErr()
- returns 0, it means end-of-file was reached. Any other value
- indicates an error.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), CloseAsync(), ReadAsync(), WriteCharAsync()
- dos.library/Read()
-
- asyncio/SeekAsync asyncio/SeekAsync
-
- NAME
- SeekAsync -- set the current position for reading or writing within
- an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- oldPosition = SeekAsync(file, position, mode);
-
- LONG SeekAsync(struct AsyncFile *, LONG, BYTE);
-
- FUNCTION
- SeekAsync() sets the read/write cursor for the file 'file' to the
- position 'position'. This position is used by the various read/write
- functions as the place to start reading or writing. The result is the
- current absolute position in the file, or -1 if an error occurs, in
- which case dos.library/IoErr() can be used to find more information.
- 'mode' can be SEEK_START, SEEK_CURRENT or SEEK_END. It is used to
- specify the relative start position. For example, 20 from current
- is a position 20 bytes forward from current, -20 is 20 bytes back
- from current.
-
- To find out what the current position within a file is, simply seek
- zero from current.
-
- INPUTS
- file - an opened async file, as obtained from OpenAsync()
- position - the place where to move the read/write cursor
- mode - the mode for the position, one of SEEK_START, SEEK_CURRENT,
- or SEEK_END.
-
- RESULT
- oldPosition - the previous position of the read/write cursor, or -1
- if an error occurs. In case of error, dos.library/IoErr()
- can give more information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), CloseAsync(), ReadAsync(), WriteAsync(),
- dos.library/Seek()
-
- asyncio/WriteAsync asyncio/WriteAsync
-
- NAME
- WriteAsync -- write data to an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- actualLength = WriteAsync(file, buffer, numBytes);
-
- LONG WriteAsync(struct AsyncFile *, APTR, LONG);
-
- FUNCTION
- WriteAsync() writes bytes of data to an opened async file. 'numBytes'
- indicates the number of bytes of data to be transferred. 'buffer'
- points to the data to write. The value returned is the length of
- information actually written. So, when 'numBytes' is greater than
- zero, the value of 'numBytes' is the number of characters written.
- Errors are indicated by a return value of -1.
-
- INPUTS
- file - an opened file, as obtained from OpenAsync()
- buffer - address of data to write
- numBytes - number of bytes to write to the file
-
- RESULT
- actualLength - number of bytes written, or -1 if error. In case
- of error, dos.library/IoErr() can give more
- information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), CloseAsync(), ReadAsync(), WriteCharAsync(),
- dos.library/Write()
-
- asyncio/WriteCharAsync asyncio/WriteCharAsync
-
- NAME
- WriteCharAsync -- write a single byte to an async file.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- result = WriteCharAsync(file, byte);
-
- LONG WriteCharAsync(struct AsyncFile *, UBYTE);
-
- FUNCTION
- This function writes a single byte to an async file.
-
- INPUTS
- file - an opened async file, as obtained from OpenAsync()
- byte - byte of data to add to the file
-
- RESULT
- result - 1 if the byte was written, -1 if there was an error. In
- case of error, dos.library/IoErr() can give more information.
-
- SEE ALSO
- OpenAsync(), CloseAsync(), ReadAsync(), WriteAsync(),
- dos.library/Write()
-