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40 .Nd line control functions
48 .Fn tcflow "int fd" "int action"
50 .Fn tcflush "int fd" "int action"
52 .Fn tcsendbreak "int fd" "int len"
56 function waits until all output written to the terminal referenced by
58 has been transmitted to the terminal.
62 function suspends transmission of data to or the reception of data from
63 the terminal referenced by
65 depending on the value of
69 must be one of the following:
70 .Bl -tag -width "TCIOFF"
74 Restart suspended output.
76 Transmit a STOP character, which is intended to cause the terminal to stop
77 transmitting data to the system.
78 (See the description of IXOFF in the
83 Transmit a START character, which is intended to cause the terminal to start
84 transmitting data to the system.
85 (See the description of IXOFF in the
93 function discards any data written to the terminal referenced by
95 which has not been transmitted to the terminal, or any data received
96 from the terminal but not yet read, depending on the value of
100 must be one of the following:
101 .Bl -tag -width "TCIOFLUSH"
103 Flush data received but not read.
105 Flush data written but not transmitted.
107 Flush both data received but not read and data written but not transmitted.
112 function transmits a continuous stream of zero-valued bits for four-tenths
113 of a second to the terminal referenced by
117 parameter is ignored in this implementation.
119 Upon successful completion, all of these functions return a value of zero.
121 If any error occurs, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable
123 is set to indicate the error, as follows:
128 argument is not a valid file descriptor.
132 argument is not a proper value.
134 The file associated with
138 A signal interrupted the
152 functions are expected to be compliant with the