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NAME

       netwrite - send a message on a socket

SYNOPSIS

       #include "net.h"

       int netwrite (int s, char *buf, int nbytes);

       ssize_t   netwrite_timeout  (int  s,  void  *buf,  size_t  nbytes,  int
       timeout);

DESCRIPTION

       netwrite sends a message on a socket.

RETURN VALUE

       This  routine  returns  the  number  of  bytes  if  the  operation  was
       successful,  0  if the connection was closed by the remote end or -1 if
       the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set  appropriately.

ERRORS

       EINTR       The function was interrupted by a signal.

       EBADF       s is not a valid descriptor.

       EAGAIN      The  socket is non-blocking and there is no space available
                   in the system buffers for the message.

       EFAULT      buf is not a valid pointer.

       EINVAL      nbytes is negative or zero.

       ENOTSOCK    s is not a socket.

       SECONNDROP  Connection closed by remote end.

       SETIMEDOUT  Timed out.

SEE ALSO

       send(2), neterror(3)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team