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From: sono!mayer@sun.com (Ronald &)
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Subject: ioctl TIOCSTI question
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Date: 11 Mar 91 18:48:08 GMT
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On a sparcstation, SunOS 4.1 I am having a problem using the termio
ioctl TIOCSTI [simulate terminal input] when using gcc.  While it
works as expected under cc, under gcc I get an "Inappropriate ioctl
for device" error message.  Any ideas what I'm missing?

    Ron Mayer
    sun!sono!mayer     mayer@sono.uucp

[A (short) example program and OS/system info follows:]    


% cat ioc.c

/* This program works differently under gcc and cc. Why? */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/termios.h>
#include <errno.h>

main()
{
 char a;
 int fd=open("/dev/tty",O_RDWR);
 int ioctl_return;

 if (fd == -1) perror(NULL);

 a='l';
 ioctl(fd,TIOCSTI,&a);   /* should send characters as if typed to the tty*/
 a='s';
 ioctl(fd,TIOCSTI,&a);
 a='\n';
 ioctl_return = ioctl(fd,TIOCSTI,&a);

 if (ioctl_return == -1) perror(NULL);
}

%
% cc ioc.c
% a.out
ls
% ls                             [Note: The program "typed" this command]
a.out   ice.lst ioc.c   vhdl
%
%
% gcc ioc.c
% a.out
Inappropriate ioctl for device
%
%
%
% more /etc/motd
SunOS Release 4.1 (STANDALONE_1.2) #1: Wed Jul 25 00:05:22 PDT 1990
% arch -k
sun4c
%