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NAME

CreateIORequest
create an IORequest structure (V36)

SYNOPSIS

ioReq = CreateIORequest( ioReplyPort, size );
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struct IORequest *CreateIORequest(struct MsgPort *, ULONG);

FUNCTION

Allocates memory for and initializes a new IO request block of a user-specified number of bytes. The number of bytes must be at least as large as a "struct Message".

INPUTS

ioReplyPort
Pointer to a port for replies (an initialized message port, as created by CreateMsgPort() ). If NULL, this function fails.

size
the size of the IO request to be created.

RESULT

ioReq
A pointer to the new IORequest block, or NULL.

SEE ALSO

DeleteIORequest(), CreateMsgPort(), amiga.lib/CreateExtIO()