Writes the specified buffer data without waiting for I/O to complete.
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
#include <sys/buf.h>
int bawrite ( bp)
struct buf *bp;
| bp | Specifies the address of the buffer structure. |
The bawrite kernel service sets the asynchronous flag in the specified buffer and calls the bwrite kernel service to write the buffer.
For a description of how the three buffer-cache write subroutines work, see "Block I/O Buffer Cache Services: Overview" in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.
The bawrite kernel service can be called from the process environment only.
| 0 | Indicates successful completion. |
| ERRNO | Returns an error number from the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file on error. |
The bwrite kernel service.
Block I/O Buffer Cache Kernel Services: Overview and I/O Kernel Services in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.