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1.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
2
3.. _video_fopen:
4
5================
6dvb video open()
7================
8
9Name
10----
11
12dvb video open()
13
14.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
15
16Synopsis
17--------
18
19.. c:function:: int open(const char *deviceName, int flags)
20
21
22Arguments
23---------
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30    -  .. row 1
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32       -  const char \*deviceName
33
34       -  Name of specific video device.
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36    -  .. row 2
37
38       -  int flags
39
40       -  A bit-wise OR of the following flags:
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42    -  .. row 3
43
44       -
45       -  O_RDONLY read-only access
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47    -  .. row 4
48
49       -
50       -  O_RDWR read/write access
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52    -  .. row 5
53
54       -
55       -  O_NONBLOCK open in non-blocking mode
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57    -  .. row 6
58
59       -
60       -  (blocking mode is the default)
61
62
63Description
64-----------
65
66This system call opens a named video device (e.g.
67/dev/dvb/adapter0/video0) for subsequent use.
68
69When an open() call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The
70significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the
71documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not
72affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in
73blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa)
74using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call. This is a standard
75system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl. Only one
76user can open the Video Device in O_RDWR mode. All other attempts to
77open the device in this mode will fail, and an error-code will be
78returned. If the Video Device is opened in O_RDONLY mode, the only
79ioctl call that can be used is VIDEO_GET_STATUS. All other call will
80return an error code.
81
82
83Return Value
84------------
85
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95       -  ``ENODEV``
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97       -  Device driver not loaded/available.
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101       -  ``EINTERNAL``
102
103       -  Internal error.
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105    -  .. row 3
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107       -  ``EBUSY``
108
109       -  Device or resource busy.
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111    -  .. row 4
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113       -  ``EINVAL``
114
115       -  Invalid argument.
116