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TCSENDBREAK(3)                          BSD Library Functions Manual                          TCSENDBREAK(3)

NAME
     tcdrain, tcflow, tcflush, tcsendbreak -- line control functions

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <termios.h>

     int
     tcdrain(int fildes);

     int
     tcflow(int fildes, int action);

     int
     tcflush(int fildes, int action);

     int
     tcsendbreak(int fildes, int duration);

DESCRIPTION
     The tcdrain() function waits until all output written to the terminal referenced by fildes has been
     transmitted to the terminal.

     The tcflow() function suspends transmission of data to, or the reception of data from, the terminal
     referenced by fildes, depending on the value of action.  The value of action must be one of the follow-ing: following:
     ing:

     TCOOFF  Suspend output.

     TCOON   Restart suspended output.

     TCIOFF  Transmit a STOP character, which is intended to cause the terminal to stop transmitting data to
             the system.  (See the description of IXOFF in the `Input Modes' section of termios(4)).

     TCION   Transmit a START character, which is intended to cause the terminal to start transmitting data
             to the system.  (See the description of IXOFF in the `Input Modes' section of termios(4)).

     The tcflush() function discards any data written to the terminal referenced by fildes which has not
     been transmitted to the terminal, or any data received from the terminal but not yet read, depending on
     the value of action.  The value of action must be one of the following:

     TCIFLUSH   Flush data received but not read.

     TCOFLUSH   Flush data written but not transmitted.

     TCIOFLUSH  Flush both data received but not read and data written but not transmitted.

     The tcsendbreak() function transmits a continuous stream of zero-valued bits for four-tenths of a sec-ond second
     ond to the terminal referenced by fildes.  The duration parameter is ignored in this implementation.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, all of these functions return a value of zero.

ERRORS
     If any error occurs, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error, as follows:

     [EBADF]            The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor.

     [EINTR]            A signal interrupted the tcdrain() function.

     [EINVAL]           The action argument is not a proper value.

     [ENOTTY]           The file associated with fildes is not a terminal.

SEE ALSO
     tcsetattr(3), termios(4)

STANDARDS
     The tcsendbreak(), tcdrain(), tcflush() and tcflow() functions are expected to be compliant with the
     IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'') specification.

BSD                                             June 4, 1993                                             BSD