snp(4) manual page

/dev/snp is a snoop device which allows users to attach to any tty and watch activities on it. The kernel must be compiled with device snp, or the snp module must be loaded, for these devices to be available.

To associate a given snp device with a tty to be observed, open the snp device and a tty device, and then issue the SNPSTTY ioctl on snp device. The argument passed to the ioctl(2) is the address of a variable of type int, holding the file descriptor of a tty device. To detach the snp device from a tty use a pointer to a value of -1.

The SNPGTTY ioctl returns information about the current tty attached to the open snp device.

The FIONREAD ioctl returns a positive value equal to the number of characters in a read buffer. Special values defined are:

SNP_TTYCLOSE

tty not attached.

SNP_DETACH snp device has been detached by user or tty device has been closed and detached.

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`SNP_TTYCLOSE`
	tty not attached.
`SNP_DETACH`	snp device has been detached by user or tty device has been closed and detached.