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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.3c     6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH STTY 3C "May 15, 1985"
                      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: This interface is obsoleted by ioctl(2).
                     26: .ft R
                     27: .PP
                     28: .I Stty
                     29: sets the state of the terminal associated with
                     30: .IR fd .
                     31: .I Gtty
                     32: retrieves the state of the terminal associated
                     33: with
                     34: .IR fd .
                     35: To set the state of a terminal the call must have
                     36: write permission.
                     37: .PP
                     38: The
                     39: .I stty
                     40: call is actually ``ioctl(fd, TIOCSETP, buf)'', while
                     41: the
                     42: .I gtty
                     43: call is ``ioctl(fd, TIOCGETP, buf)''.
                     44: See 
                     45: .IR ioctl (2)
                     46: and
                     47: .IR tty (4)
                     48: for an explanation.
                     49: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     50: If the call is successful 0 is returned, otherwise \-1 is
                     51: returned and the global variable
                     52: .I errno
                     53: contains the reason for the failure.
                     54: .SH SEE ALSO
                     55: ioctl(2),
                     56: tty(4)

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