NAME WaitIO -- wait for completion of an I/O request SYNOPSIS error = WaitIO(iORequest) D0 A1 byte waitio(struct iorequest *); FUNCTION This function waits for the specified I/O request to complete, then removes it from the replyport. If the I/O has already completed, this function will return immediately. This function should be used with care, as it does not return until the I/O request completes; if the I/O never completes, this function will never return, and your task will hang. If this situation is a possibility, it is safer to use the wait() function. wait() will return return when any of a specified set of signal is received. This is how I/O timeouts can be properly handled. WARNING If this iorequest was "quick" or otherwise finished before this call, this function drops though immediately, with no call to wait(). a side effect is that the signal bit related the port may remain set. Expect this. When removing a known complete iorequest from a port, waitio() is the preferred method. A simple remove() would require a disable/enable pair! INPUTS iORequest - pointer to an I/O request block RESULTS error - zero if successful, else an error is returned (a sign extended copy of io_Error). SEE ALSO doio(), sendio(), checkio(), abortio()