TIOCSTI(2const) TIOCSTI(2const)
NAME
TIOCSTI - faking input
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <asm/termbits.h> /* Definition of TIOCSTI */
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
int ioctl(int fd, TIOCSTI, const char *argp);
DESCRIPTION
Insert the given byte in the input queue.
Since Linux 6.2, this operation may require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability
(if the dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti sysctl variable is set to false).
RETURN VALUE
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EPERM Insufficient permission.
SEE ALSO
ioctl(2), ioctl_tty(2)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-13 TIOCSTI(2const)
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