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The program needs to be changed so it employs a device driver that can accept special character device controls. This is a programming error and the ioctl(2) system call was given as an argument for a file that is not a special character device.
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To identify the exact point of failure, the user should add echo statements in the script until the statement that fails is identified.
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You are doing something in your script directly or indirectly that does indeed require a tty, but it is not a read nor a write. Put some echo statement in your script "echo at point 1", "echo at point 2", etc until you see the statement that fails.
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This is a programming error.
Ask the program's author to fix this condition. The program needs to be changed so it employs a device driver that can accept special character device controls.
The ioctl(2) system call was given as an argument for a file that is not a special character device.
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I'd be happy for an advice on how to get rid of this error. Thanks, Adi. Comment on Inappropriate ioctl for device Select or Download Code Replies are listed ...
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