.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- .. _video_fopen: ================ dvb video open() ================ Name ---- dvb video open() .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. Synopsis -------- .. c:function:: int open(const char *deviceName, int flags) Arguments --------- .. flat-table:: :header-rows: 0 :stub-columns: 0 - .. row 1 - const char \*deviceName - Name of specific video device. - .. row 2 - int flags - A bit-wise OR of the following flags: - .. row 3 - - O_RDONLY read-only access - .. row 4 - - O_RDWR read/write access - .. row 5 - - O_NONBLOCK open in non-blocking mode - .. row 6 - - (blocking mode is the default) Description ----------- This system call opens a named video device (e.g. /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0) for subsequent use. When an open() call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call. This is a standard system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl. Only one user can open the Video Device in O_RDWR mode. All other attempts to open the device in this mode will fail, and an error-code will be returned. If the Video Device is opened in O_RDONLY mode, the only ioctl call that can be used is VIDEO_GET_STATUS. All other call will return an error code. Return Value ------------ .. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}| .. flat-table:: :header-rows: 0 :stub-columns: 0 - .. row 1 - ``ENODEV`` - Device driver not loaded/available. - .. row 2 - ``EINTERNAL`` - Internal error. - .. row 3 - ``EBUSY`` - Device or resource busy. - .. row 4 - ``EINVAL`` - Invalid argument.