bufferevent_setfd.3

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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt BUFFEREVENT_SETFD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bufferevent_setfd
.Nd update bufferevent file descriptor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In event.h
.Ft void
.Fn bufferevent_setfd "struct bufferevent *bufev" "int fd"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn bufferevent_setfd
is used to update the file descriptor
.Fa fd
associated with a
.Vt bufferevent
structure
.Fa bufev .
This function reinitializes an existing
.Vt bufferevent
with a new file descriptor.
Read and write events for the old file descriptor are deleted, and new events
are configured.
For details on rescheduling the
.Vt bufferevent ,
refer to
.Xr bufferevent_enable 3 .
If
.Fa bufev
is
.Dv NULL
or not in an initialized state, the function causes undefined behavior.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bufferevent_enable 3 ,
.Xr bufferevent_new 3
.Sh HISTORY
This function first appeared in libevent-0.8 and has been available since
.Ox 3.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
This function was written by
.An -nosplit
.An Niels Provos .
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Ted Bullock Aq Mt tbullock@comlore.com .