1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
18 .. c:function:: int open(const char *name, int flags)
26 Name of specific Digital TV CA device.
29 A bit-wise OR of the following flags:
31 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}|
45 - open in non-blocking mode
46 (blocking mode is the default)
52 This system call opens a named ca device (e.g. ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/ca?``)
55 When an ``open()`` call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The
56 significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the
57 documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not
58 affect the semantics of the ``open()`` call itself. A device opened in
59 blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa)
60 using the ``F_SETFL`` command of the ``fcntl`` system call. This is a
61 standard system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl.
62 Only one user can open the CA Device in ``O_RDWR`` mode. All other
63 attempts to open the device in this mode will fail, and an error code
71 On success 0 is returned.
73 On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
76 Generic error codes are described at the
77 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.