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34 .Nd send a file to a socket
42 .Fn sendfile "int fd" "int s" "off_t offset" "size_t nbytes" "struct sf_hdtr *hdtr" "off_t *sbytes" "int flags"
45 sends a regular file specified by descriptor
47 out a stream socket specified by descriptor
52 argument specifies where to begin in the file.
55 argument specifies how many bytes of the file should be sent, with 0 having the special
56 meaning of send until the end of file has been reached.
58 An optional header and/or trailer can be sent before and after the file data by specifying
59 a pointer to a struct sf_hdtr, which has the following structure:
61 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
63 struct iovec *headers; /* pointer to header iovecs */
64 int hdr_cnt; /* number of header iovecs */
65 struct iovec *trailers; /* pointer to trailer iovecs */
66 int trl_cnt; /* number of trailer iovecs */
74 pointers, if non-NULL, point to arrays of struct iovec structures.
77 system call for information on the iovec structure.
78 The number of iovecs in these
79 arrays is specified by
84 If non-NULL, the system will write the total number of bytes sent on the socket to the
85 variable pointed to by
90 argument is currently undefined and should be specified as 0.
92 When using a socket marked for non-blocking I/O,
94 may send fewer bytes than requested.
95 In this case, the number of bytes successfully
96 written is returned in
102 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
107 is "zero-copy", meaning that it has been optimized so that copying of the file data is avoided.
114 is not a valid file descriptor.
117 is not a valid socket descriptor.
123 is not a regular file.
126 is not a SOCK_STREAM type socket.
129 is negative or out of range.
132 points to an unconnected socket.
134 The socket peer has closed the connection.
136 An error occurred while reading from
139 An invalid address was specified for a parameter.
141 The socket is marked for non-blocking I/O and not all data was sent due to the socket buffer being filled.
142 If specified, the number of bytes successfully sent will be returned in
154 This manual page first appeared in
158 and this manual page were written by
159 .An David Greenman Aq dg@root.com .