VHANGUP(8) The SuSE boot concept VHANGUP(8)NAME
Vhangup - Cause a virtually hangup on the specified terminals
SYNOPSISvhangup [/dev/<terminal> [/dev/<terminal>]]
DESCRIPTIONvhangup simulates a hangup on the specified terminals. Not existing
device files or devices will be ignored.
EXAMPLESvhangup /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/tty3 /dev/tty4 /dev/tty5 /dev/tty6 /dev/ttyS1
This will replace all open file descriptors in the kernel that points
to the listed ttys by a dummy that will deny further reading/writing to
the device. It also send the signals SIGHUP/SIGCONT to the processes
which have file descriptors open on the listed ttys.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
SEE ALSOvhangup(2), tty(4), ttyS(4), pts(4).
COPYRIGHT
2008 Werner Fink, 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Germany.
AUTHOR
Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
3rd Berkeley Distribution Jan 31, 2008 VHANGUP(8)