What is the system call of getting the terminal attribute?

henry0712 · 12-17-2006, 10:42 PM

Hi, everybody:
When I want to get the terminal attribute , I can use the tcgetattr() of c lib function , or use the stty command of Shell. But, what system call the function or command use to perform?
The fcntl() call can get a file attribute, however, it cannot return the termios struct.
Thanks!

henry

Mara · 01-01-2007, 12:47 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Programming and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves. It's not a Newbie question...

After a grep it confirms my suspicion that it's a kind of iocntl. Search for TCGETS (and other TC*). They're defined in system headers.

ta0kira · 01-02-2007, 12:06 PM

Take a look at "info libc". That has everything you need to know about that sort of thing.
ta0kira