IEEE1284_CLAIM(3) Functions IEEE1284_CLAIM(3)NAMEieee1284_claim - claim access to the port
SYNOPSIS
#include <ieee1284.h>
int ieee1284_claim(struct parport *port);
DESCRIPTION
With the exception of ieee1284_get_deviceid(3), ieee1284_claim must be
called on an open port before any other libieee1284 function for
accessing a device on it.
RETURN VALUE
E1284_OK
Success. Note that, unless the F1284_EXCL flag was specified to
start with, the port should be released within a “reasonable”
amount of time.
E1284_NOMEM
There is not enough memory.
E1284_INVALIDPORT
The port parameter is invalid (for instance, it might not have
been opened yet).
E1284_SYS
There was a problem at the operating system level. The global
variable errno has been set appropriately.
SEE ALSOieee1284_release(3)
08/16/2007 IEEE1284_CLAIM(3)