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.TH iv_main 3 2010-08-15 "ivykis" "ivykis programmer's manual"
.SH NAME
iv_main \- enter the ivykis main loop
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <iv.h>
.sp
.BI "void iv_main(void);"
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B iv_main
enters the current thread's ivykis main loop.
.PP
The ivykis main loop consists of checking the status of the registered
file descriptors, timers and tasks, and either calling callback functions
corresponding to active objects, or blocking until an event arrives.
.PP
Each thread that wants to use ivykis must individually call
.B iv_main
to enter the ivykis main loop -- but only after having called
.BR iv_init (3)
earlier.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ivykis (3),
.BR iv_examples (3),
.BR iv_quit (3)