usr/src/lib/libc/sys/async_daemon.2

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.Dd July 23, 1991
.Dt ASYNC_DAEMON 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm async_daemon
.Nd create a local
.Tn NFS
asynchronous
.Tn I/O
server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <unistd.h>
.Ft int
.Fn async_daemon void
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn Async_daemon
starts an NFS
asynchronous
.Tn I/O
server.
Normally this system calls does not return unless the server
is terminated by a signal at which time a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Em nfssvc
fails if the following is true:
.Bl -tag -width [EPERM]
.It Bq Er EPERM
The caller is not the super-user.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nfsiod 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm async_daemon
function call is
.Ud .