NAME |LIBRARY |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |RETURN VALUE |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
FIONREAD(2const)FIONREAD(2const)FIONREAD, TIOCINQ, TIOCOUTQ, TCFLSH, TIOCSERGETLSR - buffer count and flushing
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <asm/termbits.h>/* Definition of constants */#include <sys/ioctl.h>int ioctl(intfd, FIONREAD, int *argp);int ioctl(intfd, TIOCINQ, int *argp);int ioctl(intfd, TIOCOUTQ, int *argp);int ioctl(intfd, TCFLSH, intarg);int ioctl(intfd, TIOCSERGETLSR, int *argp);
FIONREAD Get the number of bytes in the input buffer.TIOCINQ Same asFIONREAD.TIOCOUTQ Get the number of bytes in the output buffer.TCFLSHEquivalent totcflush(fd, arg). Seetcflush(3) for the argument valuesTCIFLUSH,TCOFLUSH,TCIOFLUSH.TIOCSERGETLSR Get line status register. Status register hasTIOCSER_TEMT bit set when output buffer is empty and also hardware transmitter is physically empty. Does not have to be supported by all serial tty drivers.tcdrain(3) does not wait and returns immediately whenTIOCSER_TEMTbit is set.
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
ioctl(2),ioctl_tty(2),tcflush(3),termios(3)
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