NAME

fdatasync - synchronise the data of a file (REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int fdatasync(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION

The fdatasync() function forces all currently queued I/O operations associated with the file indicated by file descriptor fildes to the synchronised I/O completion state.

The functionality is as described for fsync() (with the symbol _XOPEN_REALTIME defined), with the exception that all I/O operations are completed as defined for synchronised I/O data integrity completion.

RETURN VALUE

If successful, the fdatasync() function returns the value 0. Otherwise, the function returns the value -1 and sets errno to indicate the error. If the fdatasync() function fails, outstanding I/O operations are not guaranteed to have been completed.

ERRORS

The fdatasync() function will fail if:

[EBADF]

The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor open for writing.

[EINVAL]

This implementation does not support synchronised I/O for this file.

[ENOSYS]

The function fdatasync() is not supported by this implementation.

In the event that any of the queued I/O operations fail, fdatasync() returns the error conditions defined for read() and write().

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

aio_fsync(), fcntl(), fsync(), open(), read(), write().