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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-04-24 16:44:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-04-24 16:44:51 +0000 |
| commit | 1c44bd5b0b2fa84571e5c2989ab2942fcaa573c4 (patch) | |
| tree | ac3d07039ca9010aa17bee1cf8f4cf92074776d3 /man4/tty.4 | |
| parent | dc936104cda6b31e0b6e6c86194d4aad043e2da4 (diff) | |
Wrap long lines; start sentences on new lines
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| -rw-r--r-- | man4/tty.4 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ then SIGHUP and SIGCONT signals are sent to the foreground process group and all processes in the current session lose their controlling tty. .sp This \fBioctl\fP() call only works on file descriptors connected -to \fI/dev/tty\fP. It is used by daemon processes when they are invoked +to \fI/dev/tty\fP. +It is used by daemon processes when they are invoked by a user at a terminal. -The process attempts to open \fI/dev/tty\fP. If the open succeeds, it +The process attempts to open \fI/dev/tty\fP. +If the open succeeds, it detaches itself from the terminal by using \fBTIOCNOTTY\fP, while if the open fails, it is obviously not attached to a terminal and does not need to detach itself. |