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@c This is part of the GNU Mailutils manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file mailutils.texi for copying conditions.
@comment *******************************************************************
@code{#include <mailutils/stream.h>}

These generic flags are interpreted as appropriate to the specific
streams.

@table @code
@item MU_STREAM_READ
@findex MU_STREAM_READ
The stream is open read only.
@item MU_STREAM_WRITE
@findex MU_STREAM_WRITE
The stream is open write only.
@item MU_STREAM_RDWR
@findex MU_STREAM_RDWR
The stream is open read and write.
@item MU_STREAM_APPEND
@findex MU_STREAM_APPEND
The stream is open in append mode for writing.
@item MU_STREAM_CREAT
@findex MU_STREAM_CREAT
The stream open will create the underlying resource (such as a file)
if it doesn't exist already.
@item MU_STREAM_NONBLOCK
@findex MU_STREAM_NONBLOCK
The stream is set non blocking.
@item MU_STREAM_NO_CHECK
@findex MU_STREAM_NO_CHECK
Stream is destroyed without checking for the owner.
@item MU_STREAM_NO_CLOSE
@findex MU_STREAM_NO_CLOSE
Stream doesn't close it's underlying resource when it is closed or destroyed.
@end table

@deftypefun int file_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, const char *@var{filename}, int @var{flags})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int tcp_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, const char *@var{host}, int @var{port}, int @var{flags})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int mapfile_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, const char *@var{filename}, int @var{flags})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int memory_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, const char *@var{filename}, int @var{flags})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int encoder_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, stream_t @var{iostream}, const char *@var{encoding})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int decoder_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, stream_t @var{iostream}, const char *@var{encoding})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stdio_stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, FILE* @var{stdio}, int @var{flags})
If MU_STREAM_NO_CLOSE is specified, fclose() will not be called on
@var{stdio} when the stream is closed.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun void stream_destroy (stream_t *@var{pstream}, void *@var{owner})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_open (stream_t @var{stream})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_close (stream_t @var{stream})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_is_seekable (stream_t @var{stream})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_get_fd (stream_t @var{stream}, int *@var{pfd})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_read (stream_t @var{stream}, char *@var{buffer}, size_t @var{buflen}, off_t @var{offset}, size_t *@var{pwriten})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_readline (stream_t @var{stream}, char *@var{buffer}, size_t @var{buflen}, off_t @var{offset}, size_t *@var{pwriten})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_size (stream_t @var{stream}, off_t *@var{psize})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_truncate (stream_t @var{stream}, off_t @var{size})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_write (stream_t @var{stream}, const char *@var{buffer}, size_t @var{buflen}, off_t @var{offset}, size_t *@var{pwriten})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_setbufsiz (stream_t @var{stream}, size_t @var{size})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_flush (stream_t @var{stream})
@end deftypefun

These functions will typically only be useful to implementors of streams.

@deftypefun int stream_create (stream_t *@var{pstream}, int @var{flags}, void *@var{owner})
Used to implement a new kind of stream.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_get_flags (stream_t @var{stream}, int *@var{pflags})
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int stream_get_state (stream_t @var{stream}, int *@var{pstate})
@table @code
@item MU_STREAM_STATE_OPEN
Last action was @code{stream_open}.
@item MU_STREAM_STATE_READ
Last action was @code{stream_read} or @code{stream_readline}.
@item MU_STREAM_STATE_WRITE
Last action was @code{stream_write}.
@item MU_STREAM_STATE_CLOSE
Last action was @code{stream_close}.
@end table
@end deftypefun

An example using @code{tcp_stream_create} to make a simple web client:

@example
@include http.inc
@end example