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.\" @(#)ioctl.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.TH IOCTL 2 "16 January 1997" GNO "System Calls"
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.SH NAME
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.BR ioctl
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\- control device
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.br
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#include <sys/ioctl.h>
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.sp 1
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int
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\fBioctl\fR (int \fId\fR, unsigned long \fIrequest\fR, void *\fIargp\fR);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR ioctl
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function manipulates the underlying device parameters of special files.
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In particular, many operating
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characteristics of character special files (e.g. terminals)
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may be controlled with
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.BR ioctl
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requests.
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The argument
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.I d
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must be an open file descriptor.
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.LP
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An ioctl
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.I request
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has encoded in it whether the argument is an 'in'
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parameter or 'out'
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parameter, and the size of the argument
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.I argp
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in bytes.
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Macros and defines used in specifying an ioctl
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.I request
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are located in the file <sys/ioctl.h>.
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.LP
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The writeups of various devices in chapter 4 discuss how
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.BR ioctl
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applies to them.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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If an error has occurred, a value of -1 is returned and
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.IR errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.BR Ioctl
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will fail if:
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.RS
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.IP \fBEBADF\fR
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.I d
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is not a valid descriptor.
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.IP \fBENOTTY\fR
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.I d
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is not associated with a character
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special device.
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.IP \fBENOTTY\fR
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The specified request does not apply to the kind
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of object that the descriptor
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.I d
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references.
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.IP \fBEINVAL\fR
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.I Request
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or
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.I argp
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is not valid.
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.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR mt (1),
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.BR execve (2),
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.BR fcntl (2),
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.BR tty (4),
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.BR intro (4)
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.SH HISTORY
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An
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.BR ioctl
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function call appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
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