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-/****************************************************************************
- * net/local/local_send.c
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
- * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
- * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Included Files
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#include <nuttx/config.h>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <debug.h>
-
-#include <nuttx/net/net.h>
-
-#include "local/local.h"
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_LOCAL_STREAM
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Public Functions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Name: psock_local_send
- *
- * Description:
- *   Send a local packet as a stream.
- *
- * Input Parameters:
- *   psock    An instance of the internal socket structure.
- *   buf      Data to send
- *   len      Length of data to send
- *   flags    Send flags (ignored for now)
- *
- * Returned Value:
- *   On success, returns the number of characters sent.  On  error,
- *   -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately (see send() for the
- *   list of errno numbers).
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-ssize_t psock_local_send(FAR struct socket *psock, FAR const void *buf,
-                         size_t len, int flags)
-{
-  FAR struct local_conn_s *peer;
-  int ret;
-
-  DEBUGASSERT(psock && psock->s_conn && buf);
-  peer = (FAR struct local_conn_s *)psock->s_conn;
-
-  /* Verify that this is a connected peer socket and that it has opened the
-   * outgoing FIFO for write-only access.
-   */
-
-  if (peer->lc_state != LOCAL_STATE_CONNECTED ||
-      peer->lc_outfile.f_inode == NULL)
-    {
-      nerr("ERROR: not connected\n");
-      return -ENOTCONN;
-    }
-
-  /* Send the packet */
-
-  ret = local_send_packet(&peer->lc_outfile, (FAR uint8_t *)buf, len);
-
-  /* If the send was successful, then the full packet will have been sent */
-
-  return ret < 0 ? ret : len;
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_NET_LOCAL_STREAM */