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stty(2)								       stty(2)

NAME
       stty(), gtty() - control terminal device (Bell Version 6 compatibility)

SYNOPSIS
   Remarks
       These  system  calls are preserved for backward compatibility with Bell
       Version 6.  They provide as close an approximation as possible  to  the
       old  Version  6	functions.   All  new  code  should  use the and calls
       described in termio(7).

DESCRIPTION
       For  certain  status  settings  and  status  inquiries  about  terminal
       devices, the functions and are equivalent to

       and

       respectively (see ioctl(2) and termio(7).

RETURN VALUE
       and return the following values:

	      Successful completion.
	      Failure.
		     is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       If or fails, is set to one of the following values:

       [EBADF]	      is not a valid file descriptor.

       [EFAULT]	      points to an invalid address.

WARNINGS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
       and are to be obsoleted at a future date.

SEE ALSO
       stty(1), exec(2), ioctl(2), sttyV6(7), termio(7), tty(7).

				TO BE OBSOLETED			       stty(2)

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