.TH "brlapi_misc" 3 "Version 0.8" "BrlAPI" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
brlapi_misc \- Miscellaneous functions
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.SS "Functions"

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.RI "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP \fBbrlapi_pause\fP (int timeout_ms)"
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.RI "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP \fBbrlapi__pause\fP (\fBbrlapi_handle_t\fP *handle, int timeout_ms)"
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.RI "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP \fBbrlapi_sync\fP (void)"
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.RI "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP \fBbrlapi__sync\fP (\fBbrlapi_handle_t\fP *handle)"
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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.SH "Function Documentation"
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.SS "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP brlapi__pause (\fBbrlapi_handle_t\fP * handle, int timeout_ms)"

.SS "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP brlapi__sync (\fBbrlapi_handle_t\fP * handle)"

.SS "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP brlapi_pause (int timeout_ms)"
Waits until an event is received from the BrlAPI server 
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\fBParameters\fP
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\fItimeout_ms\fP specifies an optional timeout which can be zero for polling, or -1 for infinite wait 
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\fBReturns\fP
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0 on timeout, -1 on error, or on interruption by a signal or a parameter change notification, in which case brlapi_errno will be BRLAPI_ERROR_LIBCERR and errno will be EINTR\&. 
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.SS "int \fBBRLAPI_STDCALL\fP brlapi_sync (void)"
Synchronize against any pending exception, and returns it\&. This allows to synchronously catch exception raised by brlapi_write calls\&. This works by temporarily replacing the current exception handler by its own handler\&. 
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\fBReturns\fP
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0 if no exception was pending, -1 if an exception was caught\&. 
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