audio-fopen.rst

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.. _audio_fopen:

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DVB audio open()
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NAME
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DVB audio open()

SYNOPSIS
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.. c:function:: int  open(const char *deviceName, int flags)


ARGUMENTS
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       -  const char \*deviceName

       -  Name of specific audio device.

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       -  int flags

       -  A bit-wise OR of the following flags:

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       -  O_RDONLY read-only access

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       -  O_RDWR read/write access

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       -  O_NONBLOCK open in non-blocking mode

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       -
       -  (blocking mode is the default)


DESCRIPTION
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This system call opens a named audio device (e.g.
/dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0) 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 Audio 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 Audio Device is opened
in O_RDONLY mode, the only ioctl call that can be used is
AUDIO_GET_STATUS. All other call will return with an error code.


RETURN VALUE
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       -  ``ENODEV``

       -  Device driver not loaded/available.

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       -  ``EBUSY``

       -  Device or resource busy.

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       -  ``EINVAL``

       -  Invalid argument.