sysdeps/unix/sysv/tcsendbrk.c

/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <errno.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sysv_termio.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

/* Send zero bits on FD.  */
int
tcsendbreak (fd, duration)
     int fd;
     int duration;
{
  /* The break lasts 0.25 to 0.5 seconds if DURATION is zero,
     and an implementation-defined period if DURATION is nonzero.
     We define a positive DURATION to be number of milliseconds to break.  */
  if (duration <= 0)
    return __ioctl (fd, _TCSBRK, 0);

  /* ioctl can't send a break of any other duration for us.
     This could be changed to use trickery (e.g. lower speed and
     send a '\0') to send the break, but for now just return an error.  */
  __set_errno (EINVAL);
  return -1;
}