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GENERIC_SPLICE_SENDP(9) 					    splice API						   GENERIC_SPLICE_SENDP(9)

NAME
       generic_splice_sendpage - splice data from a pipe to a socket

SYNOPSIS
       ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info * pipe, struct file * out, loff_t * ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);

ARGUMENTS
       pipe
	   pipe to splice from

       out
	   socket to write to

       ppos
	   position in out

       len
	   number of bytes to splice

       flags
	   splice modifier flags

DESCRIPTION
       Will send len bytes from the pipe to a network socket. No data copying is involved.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						   GENERIC_SPLICE_SENDP(9)