Perform an IO control command on the socket.

template<
    typename IoControlCommand>
void io_control(
    IoControlCommand & command,
    asio::error_code & ec);

This function is used to execute an IO control command on the socket.

Parameters

Example

Getting the number of bytes ready to read:

asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(my_context);
...
asio::ip::tcp::socket::bytes_readable command;
asio::error_code ec;
socket.io_control(command, ec);
if (ec)
{
  // An error occurred.
}
std::size_t bytes_readable = command.get();