io/test_io.cpp
This is an example of use of 
<stxxl> files, requests, and completion tracking mechanisms, i.e. 
stxxl::file , 
stxxl::request 
#include <stxxl/io>
#include <stxxl/aligned_alloc>
using stxxl::file;
struct my_handler
{
    void operator () (stxxl::request * ptr)
    {
        STXXL_MSG("Request completed: " << ptr);
    }
};
namespace stxxl
{
    std::string hr(uint64, const char *);
}
int main()
{
    std::cout << sizeof(void *) << std::endl;
    const int size = 1024 * 384;
    char * buffer = (char *)stxxl::aligned_alloc<4096>(size);
    memset(buffer, 0, size);
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
    const char * paths[2] = { "data1", "data2" };
#else
    const char * paths[2] = { "/var/tmp/data1", "/var/tmp/data2" };
    stxxl::mmap_file file1(paths[0], file::CREAT | file::RDWR , 0);
    file1.set_size(size * 1024);
#endif
    stxxl::syscall_file file2(paths[1], file::CREAT | file::RDWR , 1);
    stxxl::request_ptr req[16];
    unsigned i = 0;
    for ( ; i < 16; i++)
        req[i] = file2.awrite(buffer, i * size, size, my_handler());
    wait_all(req, 16);
    stxxl::aligned_dealloc<4096>(buffer);
    std::cout << *(stxxl::stats::get_instance());
    stxxl::uint64 sz = 123;
    for (i = 0; i < 20; ++i, sz *= 10)
        STXXL_MSG(stxxl::hr(sz, "B"));
    STXXL_MSG(stxxl::hr((std::numeric_limits<stxxl::uint64>::max)(), "B"));
    unlink(paths[0]);
    unlink(paths[1]);
    return 0;
}