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Date:Mon Jul 12 13:47:40 2002 
Subject:Forwarded Re: Quick external problem? 
From:A . Sloman 
Volume-ID:1020712.06 

From: andrew-list-pop-forum@ccl.bham.ac.uk
Subject: BOUNCE pop-forum@cs.bham.ac.uk:    Non-member submission from [andrew-list-pop-forum@ccl.bham.ac.uk]
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 02:00:21PM +0100, Aaron Sloman
(actually mhl) wrote:
> > What does 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' mean?

This refers to the C function "ioctl" (input/output control).  It's
quite a low-level procedure that (according to its man page)
"manipulates the underlying device parameters of special files.  In
particular, many operating characteristics of character special files
(e.g. terminals) may be controlled with ioctl requests."

In short, it's probably a much lower-level problem than poplog.  I'm
just guessing, but perhaps the permissions on file.so are wrong?  It may
need to be set executable or world-readable in order to work.
Alternatively, maybe the permissions on the directory it's in are
similarly wrong?

	- Andrew