# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| libaio: libaio (asynchronous I/O library) libaio: libaio: The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio") libaio: has a richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O libaio: facility. This library provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. libaio: The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to libaio: provide kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications libaio: which require the Linux-native async I/O API. libaio: libaio: libaio: