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DESCRIPTION

The following ioctl(2) calls apply only to pseudo terminals:

TIOCSTOP

Stops output to a terminal (e.g. like typing ‘^S’). Takes no parameter.

TIOCSTART

Restarts output (stopped by TIOCSTOP or by typing ‘^S’). Takes no parameter.

TIOCPKT

Enable/disable packet mode. Packet mode is enabled by specifying (by reference) a nonzero parameter and disabled by specifying (by reference) a zero parameter. When applied to the master side of a pseudo terminal, each subsequent read(2) from the terminal will return data written on the slave part of the pseudo terminal preceded by a zero byte (symbolically defined as TIOCPKT_DATA), or a single byte reflecting control status information. In the latter case, the byte is an inclusive-or of zero or more of the bits:

TIOCPKT_FLUSHREAD

whenever the read queue for the terminal is flushed.

TIOCPKT_FLUSHWRITE

whenever the write queue for the terminal is flushed.

TIOCPKT_STOP

whenever output to the terminal is stopped a la ‘^S’.

TIOCPKT_START

whenever output to the terminal is restarted.

TIOCPKT_DOSTOP

whenever t_stopc is ‘^S’ and t_startc is ‘^Q’.

TIOCPKT_NOSTOP

whenever the start and stop characters are not ‘^S/^Q’.

While this mode is in use, the presence of control status information to be read from the master side may be detected by a select(2) for exceptional conditions.

This mode is used by rlogin(1) (net/bsdrcmds) and rlogind(8) (net/bsdrcmds) to implement a remote-echoed, locally ‘^S/^Q’ flow-controlled remote login with proper back-flushing of output; it can be used by other similar programs.

TIOCUCNTL

Enable/disable a mode that allows a small number of simple user ioctl(2) commands to be passed through the pseudo-terminal, using a protocol similar to that of TIOCPKT. The TIOCUCNTL and TIOCPKT modes are mutually exclusive. This mode is enabled from the master side of a pseudo terminal by specifying (by reference) a nonzero parameter and disabled by specifying (by reference) a zero parameter. Each subsequent read(2) from the master side will return data written on the slave part of the pseudo terminal preceded by a zero byte, or a single byte reflecting a user control operation on the slave side. A user control command consists of a special ioctl(2) operation with no data; the command is given as UIOCCMD(n), where n is a number in the range 1-255. The operation value n will be received as a single byte on the next read(2) from the master side. The ioctl(2) UIOCCMD(0) is a no-op that may be used to probe for the existence of this facility. As with TIOCPKT mode, command operations may be detected with a select(2) for exceptional conditions.

TIOCREMOTE

A mode for the master half of a pseudo terminal, independent of TIOCPKT. This mode causes input to the pseudo terminal to be flow controlled and not input edited (regardless of the terminal mode). Each write to the control terminal produces a record boundary for the process reading the terminal. In normal usage, a write of data is like the data typed as a line on the terminal; a write of 0 bytes is like typing an end-of-file character. TIOCREMOTE can be used when doing remote line editing in a window manager, or whenever flow controlled input is required.