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STTY(3) Library Functions Manual STTY(3)

stty, gttyset and get terminal state (defunct)

#include <sgtty.h>

stty(int fd, struct sgttyb *buf);

gtty(int fd, struct sgttyb *buf);

These interfaces are obsoleted by ioctl(2). They are available from the compatibility library, libcompat.

The () function sets the state of the terminal associated with fd. The () function retrieves the state of the terminal associated with fd. To set the state of a terminal the call must have write permission.

The () call is actually ‘ioctl(fd, TIOCSETP, buf)’, while the () call is ‘ioctl(fd, TIOCGETP, buf)’. See ioctl(2) and tty(4) for an explanation.

If the call is successful 0 is returned, otherwise -1 is returned and the global variable errno contains the reason for the failure.

ioctl(2), tty(4)

The previous reincarnation of the stty() function was in Version 2 AT&T UNIX. The stty() and gtty() functions then appeared in 4.2BSD.

May 31, 2007 OpenBSD-5.1