<termios.h>(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual <termios.h>(P)
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NAMEtermios.h - define values for termios
SYNOPSIS
#include <termios.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <termios.h> header contains the definitions used by the terminal
I/O interfaces (see General Terminal Interface for the structures and
names defined).
The termios Structure
The following data types shall be defined through typedef:
cc_t Used for terminal special characters.
speed_t
Used for terminal baud rates.
tcflag_t
Used for terminal modes.
The above types shall be all unsigned integer types.
The implementation shall support one or more programming environments
in which the widths of cc_t, speed_t, and tcflag_t are no greater than
the width of type long. The names of these programming environments can
be obtained using the confstr() function or the getconf utility.
The termios structure shall be defined, and shall include at least the
following members:
tcflag_t c_iflag Input modes.
tcflag_t c_oflag Output modes.
tcflag_t c_cflag Control modes.
tcflag_t c_lflag Local modes.
cc_t c_cc[NCCS] Control characters.
A definition shall be provided for:
NCCS Size of the array c_cc for control characters.
The following subscript names for the array c_cc shall be defined:
Subscript Usage
Canonical Mode Non-Canonical Mode Description
VEOF EOF character.
VEOL EOL character.
VERASE ERASE character.
VINTR VINTR INTR character.
VKILL KILL character.
VMIN MIN value.
VQUIT VQUIT QUIT character.
VSTART VSTART START character.
VSTOP VSTOP STOP character.
VSUSP VSUSP SUSP character.
VTIME TIME value.
The subscript values shall be unique, except that the VMIN and VTIME
subscripts may have the same values as the VEOF and VEOL subscripts,
respectively.
The following flags shall be provided.
Input Modes
The c_iflag field describes the basic terminal input control:
BRKINT Signal interrupt on break.
ICRNL Map CR to NL on input.
IGNBRK Ignore break condition.
IGNCR Ignore CR.
IGNPAR Ignore characters with parity errors.
INLCR Map NL to CR on input.
INPCK Enable input parity check.
ISTRIP Strip character.
IXANY Enable any character to restart output.
IXOFF Enable start/stop input control.
IXON Enable start/stop output control.
PARMRK Mark parity errors.
Output Modes
The c_oflag field specifies the system treatment of output:
OPOST Post-process output.
ONLCR Map NL to CR-NL on output.
OCRNL Map CR to NL on output.
ONOCR No CR output at column 0.
ONLRET NL performs CR function.
OFILL Use fill characters for delay.
NLDLY Select newline delays:
NL0
Newline type 0.
NL1
Newline type 1.
CRDLY Select carriage-return delays:
CR0
Carriage-return delay type 0.
CR1
Carriage-return delay type 1.
CR2
Carriage-return delay type 2.
CR3
Carriage-return delay type 3.
TABDLY Select horizontal-tab delays:
TAB0
Horizontal-tab delay type 0.
TAB1
Horizontal-tab delay type 1.
TAB2
Horizontal-tab delay type 2.
TAB3
Expand tabs to spaces.
BSDLY Select backspace delays:
BS0
Backspace-delay type 0.
BS1
Backspace-delay type 1.
VTDLY Select vertical-tab delays:
VT0
Vertical-tab delay type 0.
VT1
Vertical-tab delay type 1.
FFDLY Select form-feed delays:
FF0
Form-feed delay type 0.
FF1
Form-feed delay type 1.
Baud Rate Selection
The input and output baud rates are stored in the termios structure.
These are the valid values for objects of type speed_t. The following
values shall be defined, but not all baud rates need be supported by
the underlying hardware.
B0 Hang up
B50 50 baud
B75 75 baud
B110 110 baud
B134 134.5 baud
B150 150 baud
B200 200 baud
B300 300 baud
B600 600 baud
B1200 1200 baud
B1800 1800 baud
B2400 2400 baud
B4800 4800 baud
B9600 9600 baud
B19200 19200 baud
B38400 38400 baud
Control Modes
The c_cflag field describes the hardware control of the terminal; not
all values specified are required to be supported by the underlying
hardware:
CSIZE Character size:
CS5
5 bits
CS6
6 bits
CS7
7 bits
CS8
8 bits
CSTOPB Send two stop bits, else one.
CREAD Enable receiver.
PARENB Parity enable.
PARODD Odd parity, else even.
HUPCL Hang up on last close.
CLOCAL Ignore modem status lines.
The implementation shall support the functionality associated with the
symbols CS7, CS8, CSTOPB, PARODD, and PARENB.
Local Modes
The c_lflag field of the argument structure is used to control various
terminal functions:
ECHO Enable echo.
ECHOE Echo erase character as error-correcting backspace.
ECHOK Echo KILL.
ECHONL Echo NL.
ICANON Canonical input (erase and kill processing).
IEXTEN Enable extended input character processing.
ISIG Enable signals.
NOFLSH Disable flush after interrupt or quit.
TOSTOP Send SIGTTOU for background output.
Attribute Selection
The following symbolic constants for use with tcsetattr() are defined:
TCSANOW
Change attributes immediately.
TCSADRAIN
Change attributes when output has drained.
TCSAFLUSH
Change attributes when output has drained; also flush pending
input.
Line Control
The following symbolic constants for use with tcflush() shall be
defined:
TCIFLUSH
Flush pending input.
TCIOFLUSH
Flush both pending input and untransmitted output.
TCOFLUSH
Flush untransmitted output.
The following symbolic constants for use with tcflow() shall be
defined:
TCIOFF Transmit a STOP character, intended to suspend input data.
TCION Transmit a START character, intended to restart input data.
TCOOFF Suspend output.
TCOON Restart output.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
speed_t cfgetispeed(const struct termios *);
speed_t cfgetospeed(const struct termios *);
int cfsetispeed(struct termios *, speed_t);
int cfsetospeed(struct termios *, speed_t);
int tcdrain(int);
int tcflow(int, int);
int tcflush(int, int);
int tcgetattr(int, struct termios *);
pid_t tcgetsid(int);
int tcsendbreak(int, int);
int tcsetattr(int, int, const struct termios *);
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
The following names are reserved for XSI-conformant systems to use as
an extension to the above; therefore strictly conforming applications
shall not use them:
CBAUD EXTB VDSUSP
DEFECHO FLUSHO VLNEXT
ECHOCTL LOBLK VREPRINT
ECHOKE PENDIN VSTATUS
ECHOPRT SWTCH VWERASE
EXTA VDISCARD
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, cfgetispeed(),
cfgetospeed(), cfsetispeed(), cfsetospeed(), confstr(), tcdrain(),
tcflow(), tcflush(), tcgetattr(), tcgetsid(), tcsendbreak(), tcse‐
tattr(), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, get‐
conf, General Terminal Interface
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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