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vrb_put(3) VRB Programmer's Manual vrb_put(3)

NAME

vrb_put - put data into a VRB

LIBRARY

-lvrb

SYNOPSIS

#include <vrb.h>
 
size_t vrb_put(vrb_p vrb, char *source, size_t size);

DESCRIPTION

vrb_put puts caller provided data into a virtual ring buffer. If less space is available in the virtual ring buffer, then only as much will be copied as can be fit in.

ARGUMENTS

vrb_p vrb
 
specifies which virtual ring buffer.
 
char *source
 
specifies the location where to copy the data from.
 
size_t size
 
specifies the length of data provided by the caller.

RETURN VALUE

size_t
 
The actual length of data copied is returned, which can be any value from 0 to the specified size.

ERRORS

If an error is returned, then errno will have the following value:
EINVAL
An invalid virtual ring buffer pointer was specified.

SEE ALSO

vrb(3), vrb_capacity(3), vrb_data_len(3), vrb_data_ptr(3), vrb_destroy(3), vrb_get(3), vrb_get_min(3), vrb_give(3), vrb_init(3), vrb_init_opt(3), vrb_is_empty(3), vrb_is_full(3), vrb_is_not_empty(3), vrb_is_not_full(3), vrb_move(3), vrb_new(3), vrb_new_opt(3), vrb_put_all(3), vrb_read(3), vrb_read_min(3), vrb_resize(3), vrb_space_len(3), vrb_space_ptr(3), vrb_take(3), vrb_uninit(3), vrb_write(3), vrb_write_min(3)
2002-09-30 vrb