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STTY(3)                    Library Functions Manual                    STTY(3)

NAME
     stty, gtty - set and get terminal state (defunct)

LIBRARY
     Compatibility Library (libcompat, -lcompat)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sgtty.h>

     stty(int fd, struct sgttyb *buf);

     gtty(int fd, struct sgttyb *buf);

DESCRIPTION
     These interfaces are obsoleted by ioctl(2).  They are available from the
     compatibility library, libcompat.

     The stty() function sets the state of the terminal associated with fd.
     The gtty() function retrieves the state of the terminal associated with
     fd.  To set the state of a terminal the call must have write permission.

     The stty() call is actually `ioctl(fd, TIOCSETP, buf)', while the gtty()
     call is `ioctl(fd, TIOCGETP, buf)'.  See ioctl(2) and tty(4) for an
     explanation.

RETURN VALUES
     The gtty() and stty() functions return the value 0 if successful;
     otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set
     to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     ioctl(2), tty(4)

HISTORY
     The stty() and gtty() functions appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
     Obsoleted by ioctl(2), these functions were moved to libcompat in 4.2BSD.

NetBSD 10.99                   September 2, 2019                  NetBSD 10.99