TCDRAIN(3) Library Functions Manual TCDRAIN(3)

tcdrain — wait for transmission of output

#include <termios.h>

int tcdrain(int fildes);

The tcdrain() function waits until all output written to the object referred to by fildes is transmitted. The fildes argument is an open file descriptor associated with a terminal.

Any attempts to use tcdrain() from a process which is a member of a background process group on a associated with its controlling terminal, will cause the process group to be sent a SIGTTOU signal. If the calling process is blocking or ignoring SIGTTOU signals, the process is allowed to perform the operation, and no signal is sent.

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

The tcdrain() function will fail if:

The fildes argument is not a valid file descriptor.
A signal interrupted tcdrain() .
The file associated with fildes is not a terminal.

The tcdrain() function may fail if:

The process group of the writing process is orphaned, and the writing process is not ignoring or blocking SIGTTOU.

None.

None.

In the ISO POSIX-1 standard, the possibility of an [EIO] error occurring is described in XBD specification, , but it is not mentioned in the tcdrain() interface definition. It has become clear that this omission was unintended, so it is likely that the [EIO] error will be reclassified as a "will fail" in a future issue of the POSIX standard.

tcflush(3) , <termios.h> , <unistd.h> , the XBD specification, .

Derived from the POSIX.1-1988 standard.

February 1997 posix.fail