iocntl naming

[std-unix at ut-sally.UUCP]

>From gwyn at BRL.ARPA Sat May 17 13:55:51 1986
Message-Id: <8605171855.AA17921 at sally.UTEXAS.EDU>
Date:     Sat, 17 May 86 14:45:31 EDT
From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn at BRL.ARPA>
To: std-unix at SALLY.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject:  iocntl naming

The name should be "iocontrol" or simply "control".
Why abbrvt whn u dnt hv to?

I see no reason to replace
	int ioctl( int fd, int request, funnyarg )
where "funnyarg" has type (int) or (struct something *)
by anything else, though.

Volume-Number: Volume 6, Number 19