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NAME
       IO::Tty - Low-level allocate a pseudo-Tty, import constants.

VERSION
       1.07

SYNOPSIS
           use IO::Tty qw(TIOCNOTTY);
           ...
           # use only to import constants, see IO::Pty to create ptys.

DESCRIPTION
       "IO::Tty" is used internally by "IO::Pty" to create a pseudo-tty.  You wouldn't want to use it
       directly except to import constants, use "IO::Pty".  For a list of importable constants, see
       IO::Tty::Constant.

       Windows is now supported, but ONLY under the Cygwin environment, see
       <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.

       Please note that pty creation is very system-dependend.  From my experience, any modern POSIX system
       should be fine.  Find below a list of systems that "IO::Tty" should work on.  A more detailed table
       (which is slowly getting out-of-date) is available from the project pages document manager at
       SourceForge <http://sourceforge.net/projects/expectperl/>.

       If you have problems on your system and your system is listed in the "verified" list, you probably
       have some non-standard setup, e.g. you compiled your Linux-kernel yourself and disabled ptys
       (bummer!).  Please ask your friendly sysadmin for help.

       If your system is not listed, unpack the latest version of "IO::Tty", do a 'perl Makefile.PL; make;
       make test; uname -a' and send me ([email protected]) the results and I'll see what I can deduce from
       that.  There are chances that it will work right out-of-the-box...

       If it's working on your system, please send me a short note with details (version number,
       distribution, etc. 'uname -a' and 'perl -V' is a good start; also, the output from "perl Makefile.PL"
       contains a lot of interesting info, so please include that as well) so I can get an overview.
       Thanks!

VERIFIED SYSTEMS, KNOWN ISSUES
       This is a list of systems that "IO::Tty" seems to work on ('make test' passes) with comments about
       "features":

          AIX 4.3

           Returns EIO instead of EOF when the slave is closed.  Benign.

          AIX 5.x

          FreeBSD 4.4

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          OpenBSD 2.8

           The ioctl TIOCSCTTY sometimes fails.  This is also known in Tcl/Expect, see
           http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          Darwin 7.9.0

          HPUX 10.20 & 11.00

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          IRIX 6.5

          Linux 2.2.x & 2.4.x

           Returns EIO instead of EOF when the slave is closed.  Benign.

          OSF 4.0

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          Solaris 8, 2.7, 2.6

           Has the "feature" of returning EOF just once?!

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          Windows NT/2k/XP (under Cygwin)

           When you send (print) a too long line (>160 chars) to a non-raw pty, the call just hangs forever
           and even alarm() cannot get you out.  Don't complain to me...

           EOF on the slave tty is not reported back to the master.

          z/OS

       The following systems have not been verified yet for this version, but a previous version worked on
       them:

          SCO Unix

          NetBSD

           probably the same as the other *BSDs...

       If you have additions to these lists, please mail them to <[email protected]>.

SEE ALSO
       IO::Pty, IO::Tty::Constant

MAILING LISTS
       As this module is mainly used by Expect, support for it is available via the two Expect mailing
       lists, expectperl-announce and expectperl-discuss, at

         http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/expectperl-announce

       and

         http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/expectperl-discuss

AUTHORS
       Originally by Graham Barr <[email protected]>, based on the Ptty module by Nick Ing-Simmons
       <[email protected]>.

       Now maintained and heavily rewritten by Roland Giersig <[email protected]>.

       Contains copyrighted stuff from openssh v3.0p1, authored by Tatu Ylonen <[email protected]>, Markus
       Friedl and Todd C. Miller <[email protected]>.  I also got a lot of inspiry from the pty code
       in Xemacs.

COPYRIGHT
       Now all code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

       Nevertheless the above AUTHORS retain their copyrights to the various parts and want to receive
       credit if their source code is used.  See the source for details.

DISCLAIMER
       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
       TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
       IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
       CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
       LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
       LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
       IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

       In other words: Use at your own risk.  Provided as is.  Your mileage may vary.  Read the source,
       Luke!

       And finally, just to be sure:

       Any Use of This Product, in Any Manner Whatsoever, Will Increase the Amount of Disorder in the
       Universe. Although No Liability Is Implied Herein, the Consumer Is Warned That This Process Will
       Ultimately Lead to the Heat Death of the Universe.



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