NAME

tcsendbreak — send a break for a specific duration

SYNOPSIS

#include <termios.h>

int tcsendbreak(int fildes, int duration);


DESCRIPTION

If the terminal is using asynchronous serial data transmission, tcsendbreak() shall cause transmission of a continuous stream of zero-valued bits for a specific duration. If duration is 0, it shall cause transmission of zero-valued bits for at least 0.25 seconds, and not more than 0.5 seconds. If duration is not 0, it shall send zero-valued bits for an implementation-defined period of time.

The fildes argument is an open file descriptor associated with a terminal.

If the terminal is not using asynchronous serial data transmission, it is implementation-defined whether tcsendbreak() sends data to generate a break condition or returns without taking any action.

Attempts to use tcsendbreak() 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 thread is blocking SIGTTOU signals or the process is 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 tcsendbreak() function shall fail if:

[EBADF]

The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor.

[EIO]

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

[ENOTTY]

The file associated with fildes is not a terminal.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

XBD 11. General Terminal Interface , <termios.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, text previously conditional on _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL is now mandated. This is a FIPS requirement.

• The [EIO] error is added.

Issue 7

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0649 [79], XSH/TC1-2008/0650 [79], and XSH/TC1-2008/0651 [79] are applied.