NAME

       sctp_sendv - Send messages from a SCTP socket with an extensible way.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <netinet/sctp.h>

       int sctp_sendv(int sd, const struct iovec * iov, int iovcnt,
                      struct sockaddr *addrs, int addrcnt, void * info,
                      socklen_t infolen, unsigned int infotype, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

       sctp_sendv  provides an extensible way for an application to communicate different send attributes to the
       SCTP stack when sending a message. There are three types of attributes that can be  used  to  describe  a
       message  to  be  sent.  They  are  struct sctp_sndinfo, struct sctp_prinfo, and struct sctp_authinfo. The
       following structure, sctp_sendv_spa, is defined to be used when more than one of the above attributes are
       needed to describe a message to be sent.

          struct sctp_sendv_spa {
            uint32_t sendv_flags;
            struct sctp_sndinfo sendv_sndinfo;
            struct sctp_prinfo sendv_prinfo;
            struct sctp_authinfo sendv_authinfo;
          };

       The  sendv_flags  field  holds  a  bitwise  OR  of  SCTP_SEND_SNDINFO_VALID,  SCTP_SEND_PRINFO_VALID, and
       SCTP_SEND_AUTHINFO_VALID indicating if the sendv_sndinfo/sendv_prinfo/sendv_authinfo fields contain valid
       information.

       sd  is  the  socket descriptor.  iov is the gather buffer,  the data in the buffer is treated as a single
       user message.  iovcnt is the number of elements in iov.  addrs is an array of addresses to be used to set
       up  an  association  or  a  single  address to be used to send the message, and  NULL is passed in if the
       caller neither wants to set up an association nor wants to  send  the  message  to  a  specific  address.
       addrcnt  is  the  number of addresses in the addrs array.  info is a pointer to the buffer containing the
       attribute associated with the message to be sent,  and the type is indicated by the info_type  parameter.
       infolen  is  the  length  of info, in bytes.  infotype identifies the type of the information provided in
       info ,and the current defined values are as follows:

       SCTP_SENDV_NOINFO
              No information is provided.  The parameter info is a NULL pointer, and infolen is 0.

       SCTP_SENDV_SNDINFO
              The parameter info is pointing to a struct sctp_sndinfo.

       SCTP_SENDV_PRINFO
              The parameter info is pointing to a struct sctp_prinfo.

       SCTP_SENDV_AUTHINFO
              The parameter info is pointing to a struct sctp_authinfo.

       SCTP_SENDV_SPA
              The parameter info is pointing to a struct sctp_sendv_spa.

       flags The same flags as used by the sendmsg() call flags (e.g., MSG_DONTROUTE).

RETURN VALUE

       On success, sctp_sendv returns the number of bytes sent or -1 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       sctp(7) sctp_bindx(3), sctp_connectx(3), sctp_send(3), sctp_recvmsg(3),  sctp_recvv(3),  sctp_peeloff(3),
       sctp_getpaddrs(3), sctp_getladdrs(3), sctp_opt_info(3),