Function nc::splice[][src]

pub fn splice(
    fd_in: i32,
    off_in: Option<&mut loff_t>,
    fd_out: i32,
    off_out: Option<&mut loff_t>,
    len: size_t,
    flags: u32
) -> Result<ssize_t, Errno>
Expand description

Splice data to/from pipe.

let mut fds_left = [0, 0];
let ret = nc::pipe2(&mut fds_left, 0);
assert!(ret.is_ok());

let mut fds_right = [0, 0];
let ret = nc::pipe2(&mut fds_right, 0);
assert!(ret.is_ok());

let msg = "Hello, Rust";
let ret = nc::write(fds_left[1], msg.as_ptr() as usize, msg.len());
assert!(ret.is_ok());
let n_write = ret.unwrap() as nc::size_t;
assert_eq!(n_write, msg.len());

let ret = nc::splice(
    fds_left[0],
    None,
    fds_right[1],
    None,
    n_write,
    nc::SPLICE_F_MOVE,
);
assert!(ret.is_ok());

let mut buf = [0u8; 64];
let buf_len = buf.len();
let ret = nc::read(fds_right[0], buf.as_mut_ptr() as usize, buf_len);
assert!(ret.is_ok());
let n_read = ret.unwrap() as nc::size_t;
assert_eq!(n_read, n_write);
let read_msg = std::str::from_utf8(&buf[..n_read]);
assert!(read_msg.is_ok());
assert_eq!(Ok(msg), read_msg);

assert!(nc::close(fds_left[0]).is_ok());
assert!(nc::close(fds_left[1]).is_ok());
assert!(nc::close(fds_right[0]).is_ok());
assert!(nc::close(fds_right[1]).is_ok());