vrb_put(3) 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.