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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)stty.3      6.3 (Berkeley) 5/17/89
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH STTY 3C "May 17, 1989"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: stty, gtty \- set and get terminal state (defunct)
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .nf
                     13: .B #include <sgtty.h>
                     14: .sp
                     15: .B stty(fd, buf)
                     16: .B int fd;
                     17: .B struct sgttyb *buf;
                     18: .sp
                     19: .B gtty(fd, buf)
                     20: .B int fd;
                     21: .B struct sgttyb *buf;
                     22: .fi
                     23: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     24: .ft B
                     25: These interfaces are obsoleted by ioctl(2).
                     26: .br
                     27: They are available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
                     28: .ft R
                     29: .PP
                     30: .I Stty
                     31: sets the state of the terminal associated with
                     32: .IR fd .
                     33: .I Gtty
                     34: retrieves the state of the terminal associated
                     35: with
                     36: .IR fd .
                     37: To set the state of a terminal the call must have
                     38: write permission.
                     39: .PP
                     40: The
                     41: .I stty
                     42: call is actually ``ioctl(fd, TIOCSETP, buf)'', while
                     43: the
                     44: .I gtty
                     45: call is ``ioctl(fd, TIOCGETP, buf)''.
                     46: See 
                     47: .IR ioctl (2)
                     48: and
                     49: .IR tty (4)
                     50: for an explanation.
                     51: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     52: If the call is successful 0 is returned, otherwise \-1 is
                     53: returned and the global variable
                     54: .I errno
                     55: contains the reason for the failure.
                     56: .SH SEE ALSO
                     57: ioctl(2),
                     58: tty(4)

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