NAME

tcdrain - wait for transmission of output

SYNOPSIS

#include <termios.h>

int tcdrain(int fildes);


DESCRIPTION

The tcdrain() function shall block until all output written to the object referred to by fildes is transmitted. The fildes argument is an open file descriptor associated with a terminal.

Any attempts to use tcdrain() from a process which is a member of a background process group on a fildes associated with its controlling terminal, shall cause the process group to be sent a SIGTTOU signal. If the calling process is blocking or ignoring SIGTTOU signals, the process shall be allowed to perform the operation, and no signal is sent.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The tcdrain() function shall fail if:

[EBADF]

The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor.

[EINTR]

A signal interrupted tcdrain().

[ENOTTY]

The file associated with fildes is not a terminal.

The tcdrain() function may fail if:

[EIO]

The process group of the writing process is orphaned, and the writing process is not ignoring or blocking SIGTTOU.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

tcflush(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 11, General Terminal Interface, <termios.h>, <unistd.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 3. Included for alignment with the POSIX.1-1988 standard.

Issue 6

The following new requirements on POSIX implementations derive from alignment with the Single UNIX Specification:

• In the DESCRIPTION, the final paragraph is no longer conditional on _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL. This is a FIPS requirement.

• The [EIO] error is added.