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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-03-02 16:37:17 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-03-02 16:37:17 (GMT)
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% Manual text by Jaap Vermeulen
\section{\module{fcntl} ---
- The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{fcntl}
+ The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{fcntl}
+ \platform{UNIX}
\modulesynopsis{The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls.}
\indexii{UNIX@\UNIX{}}{file control}
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ The module defines the following functions:
is optional, and defaults to the integer value \code{0}. When
present, it can either be an integer value, or a string. With
the argument missing or an integer value, the return value of this
- function is the integer return value of the \C{} \cfunction{fcntl()}
+ function is the integer return value of the C \cfunction{fcntl()}
call. When the argument is a string it represents a binary
structure, e.g.\ created by \function{struct.pack()}. The binary
- data is copied to a buffer whose address is passed to the \C{}
+ data is copied to a buffer whose address is passed to the C
\cfunction{fcntl()} call. The return value after a successful call
is the contents of the buffer, converted to a string object. In
case the \cfunction{fcntl()} fails, an \exception{IOError} is
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ manual for details.
If the library modules \module{FCNTL}\refstmodindex{FCNTL} or
\module{IOCTL}\refstmodindex{IOCTL} are missing, you can find the
-opcodes in the \C{} include files \code{<sys/fcntl.h>} and
+opcodes in the C include files \code{<sys/fcntl.h>} and
\code{<sys/ioctl.h>}. You can create the modules yourself with the
\program{h2py} script, found in the \file{Tools/scripts/} directory.