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BIO_read(3)							   BIO_read(3)

NAME
       BIO_read, BIO_write, BIO_gets, BIO_puts - BIO I/O functions

SYNOPSIS
       #include <openssl/bio.h>

       int  BIO_read(
	       BIO *b,
	       void *buf,
	       int len ); int  BIO_gets(
	       BIO *b,
	       char *buf,
	       int size ); int	BIO_write(
	       BIO *b,
	       const void *buf,
	       int len ); int  BIO_puts(
	       BIO *b,
	       const char *buf );

DESCRIPTION
       The  BIO_read()	function  attempts  to	read  len bytes from BIO b and
       places the data in buf.

       The BIO_gets() function performs the BIOs gets operation and places the
       data in buf. Usually this operation will attempt to read a line of data
       from the BIO of maximum length len. However, there  are	exceptions  to
       this. For example, BIO_gets() on a digest BIO will calculate and return
       the digest, and other BIOs might not support BIO_gets().

       The BIO_write() function attempts to write len bytes from buf to BIO b.

       The BIO_puts() function attempts to write a null terminated string  buf
       to BIO b

NOTES
       A 0 or -1 return might indicate an error. However, when the source/sink
       is non-blocking or of a certain type, it might be an indication that no
       data  is	 available and that the application should retry the operation
       later.

       One technique sometimes used with blocking sockets is to use  a	system
       call  (such  as select(), poll(), or equivalent) to determine when data
       is available, and then call read() to read  the	data.  The  equivalent
       with  BIOs  (that is, call select() on the underlying I/O structure and
       then call BIO_read() to read the data) should not  be  used  because  a
       single  call  to	 BIO_read() can cause several reads (and writes in the
       case of SSL BIOs) on the underlying I/O structure and may  block	 as  a
       result.	Instead	 select() (or equivalent) should be combined with non‐
       blocking I/O so successive reads will request a retry instead of block‐
       ing.

       See  BIO_should_retry(3) for details of how to determine the cause of a
       retry and other I/O issues.

       If the BIO_gets() function is not supported by a BIO then it is	possi‐
       ble  to	work around this by adding a buffering BIO, BIO_f_buffer(), to
       the chain.

RETURN VALUES
       All these functions return either the amount of data successfully  read
       or  written  (if the return value is positive) or that no data was suc‐
       cessfully read or written if the result is 0 or -1. If the return value
       is -2 then the operation is not implemented in the specific BIO type.

SEE ALSO
       Functions: BIO_should_retry(3)

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