Re: [exim-dev] [SOLVED] readv/writev

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Author: James C. McPherson
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To: Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] [SOLVED] readv/writev
On 28/06/17 08:21 am, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-dev wrote:
> Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-dev <exim-dev@???> (Mi 28 Jun 2017 00:16:11 CEST):
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sitting with bug 2130 and I'm wondering if anybody knows how
>> portable readv(2) and writev(2) are, on the platforms we'd like to
>> support.
>
> pwcheck.c uses writev(2) as does malware.c.
> So it seems to be supported on the supported platforms.



Both readv and writev are POSIX-standard functions, so they
should be available on all UNIX and UNIX-like systems.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readv.html
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/writev.html


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