Name
vhangup — virtually hangup the current tty
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int vhangup( |
void); |
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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
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The calling process has insufficient privilege to call
vhangup(); theCAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIGcapability is required.
CONFORMING TO
This call is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.24 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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