Alan Cox wrote:
> > to be on by default by the kernel at boot-up time --- and that wasn't an
> > accident. (2) tcsetattr is one of the few ioctl's which is allowed
> > after a hangup, so it will work anyway.
>
> Ok thats the bit I needed to know. That means I can SIG_IGN sighup and
> sort it.
I don't think you need to care about SIGHUP at all. IIRC, you'll only get
SIGHUP if the device is your controlling tty - unless your program is a
daemon which has no other controlling tty and WANTs the SIGHUP.
gert
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