IEEE1284_CLAIM(3)
NAME
ieee1284_claim - claim access to the port
SYNOPSIS
#include <ieee1284.h> int ieee1284_claim(struct parport *port);
DESCRIPTION
With the exception of 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_EXCL flag 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@redhat.com>
- Author.
COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Tim Waugh