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32.\"     @(#)stty.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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34.Dd June 4, 1993
35.Dt STTY 3
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm stty ,
39.Nm gtty
40.Nd set and get terminal state (defunct)
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <sgtty.h>
43.Fn stty "int fd" "struct sgttyb *buf"
44.Fn gtty "int fd" "struct sgttyb *buf"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Bf -symbolic
47These interfaces are obsoleted by ioctl(2).
48They are available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
49.Ef
50.Pp
51The
52.Fn stty
53function
54sets the state of the terminal associated with
55.Fa fd .
56The
57.Fn gtty
58function
59retrieves the state of the terminal associated
60with
61.Fa fd .
62To set the state of a terminal the call must have
63write permission.
64.Pp
65The
66.Fn stty
67call is actually
68.Ql ioctl(fd, TIOCSETP, buf) ,
69while
70the
71.Fn gtty
72call is
73.Ql ioctl(fd, TIOCGETP, buf) .
74See
75.Xr ioctl 2
76and
77.Xr tty 4
78for an explanation.
79.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
80If the call is successful 0 is returned, otherwise \-1 is
81returned and the global variable
82.Va errno
83contains the reason for the failure.
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr ioctl 2 ,
86.Xr tty 4
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Fn stty
90and
91.Fn gtty
92functions appeared in
93.Bx 4.2 .
94