1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2 .. c:namespace:: DTV.dmx
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7 Digital TV demux write()
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13 Digital TV demux write()
18 .. c:function:: ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
24 File descriptor returned by a previous call to :c:func:`open()`.
27 Buffer with data to be written
30 Number of bytes at the buffer
35 This system call is only provided by the logical device
36 ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/dvr?``, associated with the physical demux device that
37 provides the actual DVR functionality. It is used for replay of a
38 digitally recorded Transport Stream. Matching filters have to be defined
39 in the corresponding physical demux device, ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/demux?``.
40 The amount of data to be transferred is implied by count.
45 On success 0 is returned.
47 On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
50 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}|
58 - No data was written. This might happen if ``O_NONBLOCK`` was
59 specified and there is no more buffer space available (if
60 ``O_NONBLOCK`` is not specified the function will block until buffer
64 - This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests. The
65 corresponding demux device is setup to receive data from the
66 front- end. Make sure that these filters are stopped and that the
67 filters with input set to ``DMX_IN_DVR`` are started.
69 The generic error codes are described at the
70 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.