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-<refentry id="media-func-open">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>media open()</refentrytitle>
- &manvol;
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>media-open</refname>
- <refpurpose>Open a media device</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <funcsynopsis>
- <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;fcntl.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
- <funcprototype>
- <funcdef>int <function>open</function></funcdef>
- <paramdef>const char *<parameter>device_name</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
- </funcprototype>
- </funcsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Arguments</title>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>device_name</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Device to be opened.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>flags</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Open flags. Access mode must be either <constant>O_RDONLY</constant>
- or <constant>O_RDWR</constant>. Other flags have no effect.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
- <para>To open a media device applications call <function>open()</function>
- with the desired device name. The function has no side effects; the device
- configuration remain unchanged.</para>
- <para>When the device is opened in read-only mode, attempts to modify its
- configuration will result in an error, and <varname>errno</varname> will be
- set to <errorcode>EBADF</errorcode>.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Return Value</title>
-
- <para><function>open</function> returns the new file descriptor on success.
- On error, -1 is returned, and <varname>errno</varname> is set appropriately.
- Possible error codes are:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>EACCES</errorcode></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The requested access to the file is not allowed.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>EMFILE</errorcode></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The process already has the maximum number of files open.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>ENFILE</errorcode></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The system limit on the total number of open files has been
- reached.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Insufficient kernel memory was available.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><errorcode>ENXIO</errorcode></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>No device corresponding to this device special file exists.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-</refentry>