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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/src/tty.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/docs/src/tty.rst b/docs/src/tty.rst index 74b48594..6c20c84b 100644 --- a/docs/src/tty.rst +++ b/docs/src/tty.rst @@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ API `readable`, specifies if you plan on calling :c:func:`uv_read_start` with this stream. stdin is readable, stdout is not. + On Unix this function will try to open ``/dev/tty`` and use it if the passed file + descriptor refers to a TTY. This lets libuv put the tty in non-blocking mode + without affecting other processes that share the tty. + .. note:: - TTY streams which are not readable have blocking writes. + If opening ``/dev/tty`` fails, libuv falls back to blocking writes for non-readable + TTY streams. .. c:function:: int uv_tty_set_mode(uv_tty_t*, uv_tty_mode_t mode) |