Method Stdio.Fd()->tcsendbreak()

Method tcsendbreak

bool tcsendbreak(int|void duration)

Description

Send a break signal.

Parameter duration

Duration to send the signal for. 0 (zero) causes a break signal to be sent for between 0.25 and 0.5 seconds. Other values are operating system dependent:

SunOS

The number of joined break signals as above.

Linux, AIX, Digital Unix, Tru64

The time in milliseconds.

FreeBSD, NetBSD, HP-UX, MacOS

The value is ignored.

Solaris, Unixware

The behavior is changed to be similar to tcdrain().

Returns

Returns 1 on success and 0 (zero) on failure.