VHANGUP

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2007-07-26
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NAME

vhangup - virtually hangup the current tty

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int vhangup(void);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

vhangup(): _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)

DESCRIPTION

vhangup() simulates a hangup on the current terminal. This call arranges for other users to have a ``clean'' tty at login time.

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EPERM: The calling process has insufficient privilege to call vhangup(); the CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability is required.

CONFORMING TO

This call is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

COLOPHON

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