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Tty(3)		      User Contributed Perl Documentation		Tty(3)

NAME
       IO::Tty - Low-level allocate a pseudo-Tty, import constants.

VERSION
       1.07

SYNOPSIS
	   use IO::Tty qw(TIOCNOTTY);
	   ...
	   # use only to import constants, see IO::Pty to create ptys.

DESCRIPTION
       "IO::Tty" is used internally by "IO::Pty" to create a pseudo-tty.  You
       wouldn't want to use it directly except to import constants, use
       "IO::Pty".  For a list of importable constants, see IO::Tty::Constant.

       Windows is now supported, but ONLY under the Cygwin environment, see
       <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.

       Please note that pty creation is very system-dependend.	From my
       experience, any modern POSIX system should be fine.  Find below a list
       of systems that "IO::Tty" should work on.  A more detailed table (which
       is slowly getting out-of-date) is available from the project pages
       document manager at SourceForge
       <http://sourceforge.net/projects/expectperl/>.

       If you have problems on your system and your system is listed in the
       "verified" list, you probably have some non-standard setup, e.g. you
       compiled your Linux-kernel yourself and disabled ptys (bummer!).
       Please ask your friendly sysadmin for help.

       If your system is not listed, unpack the latest version of "IO::Tty",
       do a 'perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; uname -a' and send me
       (RGiersig@cpan.org) the results and I'll see what I can deduce from
       that.  There are chances that it will work right out-of-the-box...

       If it's working on your system, please send me a short note with
       details (version number, distribution, etc. 'uname -a' and 'perl -V' is
       a good start; also, the output from "perl Makefile.PL" contains a lot
       of interesting info, so please include that as well) so I can get an
       overview.  Thanks!

VERIFIED SYSTEMS, KNOWN ISSUES
       This is a list of systems that "IO::Tty" seems to work on ('make test'
       passes) with comments about "features":

       ·   AIX 4.3

	   Returns EIO instead of EOF when the slave is closed.	 Benign.

       ·   AIX 5.x

       ·   FreeBSD 4.4

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   OpenBSD 2.8

	   The ioctl TIOCSCTTY sometimes fails.	 This is also known in
	   Tcl/Expect, see http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   Darwin 7.9.0

       ·   HPUX 10.20 & 11.00

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   IRIX 6.5

       ·   Linux 2.2.x & 2.4.x

	   Returns EIO instead of EOF when the slave is closed.	 Benign.

       ·   OSF 4.0

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   Solaris 8, 2.7, 2.6

	   Has the "feature" of returning EOF just once?!

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   Windows NT/2k/XP (under Cygwin)

	   When you send (print) a too long line (>160 chars) to a non-raw
	   pty, the call just hangs forever and even alarm() cannot get you
	   out.	 Don't complain to me...

	   EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

       ·   z/OS

       The following systems have not been verified yet for this version, but
       a previous version worked on them:

       ·   SCO Unix

       ·   NetBSD

	   probably the same as the other *BSDs...

       If you have additions to these lists, please mail them to
       <RGiersig@cpan.org>.

SEE ALSO
       IO::Pty, IO::Tty::Constant

MAILING LISTS
       As this module is mainly used by Expect, support for it is available
       via the two Expect mailing lists, expectperl-announce and expectperl-
       discuss, at

	 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/expectperl-announce

       and

	 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/expectperl-discuss

AUTHORS
       Originally by Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>, based on the Ptty module
       by Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>.

       Now maintained and heavily rewritten by Roland Giersig
       <RGiersig@cpan.org>.

       Contains copyrighted stuff from openssh v3.0p1, authored by Tatu Ylonen
       <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Markus Friedl and Todd C. Miller
       <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>.  I also got a lot of inspiry from the pty
       code in Xemacs.

COPYRIGHT
       Now all code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

       Nevertheless the above AUTHORS retain their copyrights to the various
       parts and want to receive credit if their source code is used.  See the
       source for details.

DISCLAIMER
       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
       IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
       INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
       BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
       OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
       ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
       TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
       USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
       DAMAGE.

       In other words: Use at your own risk.  Provided as is.  Your mileage
       may vary.  Read the source, Luke!

       And finally, just to be sure:

       Any Use of This Product, in Any Manner Whatsoever, Will Increase the
       Amount of Disorder in the Universe. Although No Liability Is Implied
       Herein, the Consumer Is Warned That This Process Will Ultimately Lead
       to the Heat Death of the Universe.

perl v5.10.0			  2006-07-18				Tty(3)
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