ieee1284_claim (3) Linux Manual Page
NAME
ieee1284_claim – claim access to the port
SYNOPSIS
#include <ieee1284.h>
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int ieee1284_claim(struct parportport* );
DESCRIPTION
ieee1284_get_deviceid(3), ieee1284_claim must be called on an open port before any other libieee1284 function for accessing a device on it.
RETURN VALUE
E1284_OK
- Success. Note that, unless the
F1284_EXCLflag was specified to start with, the port should be released within a “reasonable” amount of time.
E1284_NOMEM
- There is not enough memory.
E1284_INVALIDPORT
- The port parameter is invalid (for instance, it might not have been opened yet).
E1284_SYS
- There was a problem at the operating system level. The global variable errno has been set appropriately.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Tim Waugh <twaugh [at] redhat.com>
- Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2003 Tim Waugh
