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09ef7461
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Date :
2008-12-14T14:38:13
Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
@node ioctl
@section @code{ioctl}
@findex ioctl
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ioctl.html}
Gnulib module: ioctl
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{ioctl} is called
@code{ioctlsocket}, and error codes for this function are not placed in
@code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
Most @code{ioctl} requests are platform and hardware specific.
@end itemize