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<refentry id="iovec"><refmeta><refentrytitle>iovec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>9S</manvolnum></refmeta><refnamediv><refname>iovec</refname><refpurpose>data storage structure for I/O using uio</refpurpose></refnamediv><refsynopsisdiv><synopsis>
#include &lt;sys/uio.h&gt;</synopsis></refsynopsisdiv><refsect1><title>Interface Level</title><para>
Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
</para></refsect1><refsect1><title>Description</title><para>
An <structname>iovec</structname> structure describes a data
storage area for transfer in a
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>uio</refentrytitle><manvolnum>9S</manvolnum></citerefentry>
structure. Conceptually,
it may be thought of as a base address and length specification.
</para></refsect1><refsect1><title>Structure Members</title><programlisting>
     caddr_t  iov_base;  /* base address of the data storage area */
                         /* represented by the iovec structure */
     int      iov_len;   /* size of the data storage area in bytes */
</programlisting><para>…</para></refsect1></refentry>