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IOCTL(2)		    BSD Programmer's Manual		      IOCTL(2)

NAME
     ioctl - control device

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/ioctl.h>

     int
     ioctl(int d, unsigned long request, char *argp);

DESCRIPTION
     The ioctl() function manipulates the underlying device parameters of spe-
     cial files.  In particular, many operating characteristics of character
     special files (e.g. terminals) may be controlled with ioctl() requests.
     The argument d must be an open file descriptor.

     An	 ioctl request has encoded in it whether the argument is an ``in'' pa-
     rameter or ``out'' parameter, and the size of the argument argp in bytes.
     Macros and defines used in specifying an ioctl request are located in the
     file <sys/ioctl.h>.

RETURN VALUES
     If an error has occurred, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERRORS
     Ioctl() will fail if:

     [EBADF]   d is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTTY]  d is not associated with a character special device.

     [ENOTTY]  The specified request does not apply to the kind of object that
	       the descriptor d references.

     [EINVAL]  Request or argp is not valid.

SEE ALSO
     mt(1),  execve(2),	 fcntl(2),  tty(4),  intro(4)

HISTORY
     An ioctl function call appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

4th Berkeley Distribution      December 11, 1993			     1
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