Function

GLibunix_set_fd_nonblocking

since: 2.30

Declaration

gboolean
g_unix_set_fd_nonblocking (
  gint fd,
  gboolean nonblock,
  GError** error
)

Description

Control the non-blocking state of the given file descriptor, according to nonblock. On most systems this uses O_NONBLOCK, but on some older ones may use O_NDELAY.

Available since: 2.30

Parameters

fd

Type: gint

A file descriptor.

nonblock

Type: gboolean

If TRUE, set the descriptor to be non-blocking.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will left initialized to NULL by the function if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if successful.