muroar_read(3)					     muRoar Programmer's Manual: IO Extension					    muroar_read(3)

NAME

       muroar_read - Read data from a stream in a portable way

SYNOPSIS

       #include <muroar.h>

       ssize_t muroar_read   (muroar_t fh,  void * buf, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  reads  data from a stream connected to a sound server.  It exists to have a portable way to read data from the sound server
       that does not depend on the underlying operating system.

PARAMETERS

       fh     The stream file handle connected to the server.  This must be opend using muroar_stream(3).

       buf    A pointer to the block of data that should be read.

       len    The total length in byte of the data that should be read.

RETURN VALUE

       On success this call return the number of bytes successful read.  On error, -1 is returned.

NOTES

       This function calls the underlying read function in a loop.  If this returns less than the given length you should not re-try directly  but
       wait at least some milisecunds.

HISTORY

       This function first appeared in muRoar version 0.1beta0.

SEE ALSO

       read(2), muroar_write(3), muroar_stream(3), muroar_close(3), RoarAudio(7).

muRoar								    April 2012							    muroar_read(3)