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--  This package provides control over pseudo terminals (ttys)

--  This package is only supported on unix systems. See function TTY_Supported
--  to test dynamically whether other functions of this package can be called.

with System;

with GNAT.OS_Lib;

package GNAT.TTY is

   type TTY_Handle is private;
   --  Handle for a tty descriptor

   function TTY_Supported return Boolean;
   --  If True, the other functions of this package can be called. Otherwise,
   --  all functions in this package will raise Program_Error if called.

   procedure Allocate_TTY (Handle : out TTY_Handle);
   --  Allocate a new tty

   procedure Reset_TTY (Handle : TTY_Handle);
   --  Reset settings of a given tty

   procedure Close_TTY (Handle : in out TTY_Handle);
   --  Close a given tty

   function TTY_Name (Handle : TTY_Handle) return String;
   --  Return the external name of a tty. The name depends on the tty handling
   --  on the given target. It will typically look like: "/dev/ptya1"

   function TTY_Descriptor
     (Handle : TTY_Handle) return GNAT.OS_Lib.File_Descriptor;
   --  Return the low level descriptor associated with Handle

private

   type TTY_Handle is record
      Handle : System.Address := System.Null_Address;
   end record;

end GNAT.TTY;
