From 33b7fff565538d3ed3fd7346fac728602cabbe05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:25:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] termios.3: Added description of SWTCH character Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man3/termios.3 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/termios.3 b/man3/termios.3 index 39dded869..21eb3f09e 100644 --- a/man3/termios.3 +++ b/man3/termios.3 @@ -612,7 +612,9 @@ is set, and then not passed as input. .B VSWTCH (not in POSIX; not supported under Linux; 0, NUL) Switch character (SWTCH). -(Used by \fBshl\fP only.) +Used in System V to switch shells in +.IR "shell layers" , +a precedessor to shell job control. .TP .B VTIME Timeout in deciseconds for noncanonical read (TIME).