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IBEOS(3) Traditional API Functions IBEOS(3)

NAME

ibeos - set end-of-string mode (board or device)

SYNOPSIS

#include <gpib/ib.h>

int ibeos(int ud, int eosmode);

DESCRIPTION

ibeos() is used to set the end-of-string character and mode. The least significant 8 bits of eosmode specify the eos character. You may also bitwise-or one or more of the following bits to set the eos mode:

Table 7. End-of-String Mode Bits

constant value (hexadecimal) meaning
REOS 0x400 Enable termination of reads when eos character is received.
XEOS 0x800 Assert the EOI line whenever the eos character is sent during writes.
BIN 0x1000 Match eos character using all 8 bits (instead of only looking at the 7 least significant bits).

RETURN VALUE

The value of
ibsta is returned.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003-2006, 2008 Frank Mori Hess

11/28/2025 linux-gpib 4.3.7