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QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running QNX Neutrino 7.1.
Utilities & Libraries
Devctl and Ioctl Commands
FIO*

QNX Momentics IDE User's Guide
This User's Guide describes version 7.1 of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that's part of the QNX Momentics tool suite.
QNX Software Development Platform
QNX SDP is a cross-compiling and debugging environment, including an IDE and command-line tools, for building binary images and programs for target boards running QNX Neutrino 7.1.
- Quickstart Guide
- OS Components & Operations
- Audio & Graphics API
- Multimedia
- Networking Middleware
- Programming
- Sensor Framework
- System Security Guide
  The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX Neutrino RTOS system and developers who want to create a QNX Neutrino resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
- Utilities & Libraries
  - Addon Interfaces Library Reference
  - C Library Reference
  - Devctl and Ioctl Commands
    - BIOC* (io-sock)
    - CAN_DEVCTL_*
    - DCMD_ALL_*
    - DCMD_BLK_*
    - DCMD_BT_*
    - DCMD_CHR_*
    - DCMD_DUMPER_*
    - DCMD_ETFS_*
    - DCMD_F3S_*
    - DCMD_FSEVMGR_*
    - DCMD_FSYS_*
    - DCMD_IP_*
    - DCMD_MEMMGR_*
    - DCMD_MISC_*
    - DCMD_MMCSD_*
    - DCMD_PROC_*
    - DCMD_PROF_*
    - DCMD_PTPD_*
    - DCMD_SDIO_*
    - DCMD_SDMMC_*
    - DCMD_SPI_*
    - FIO*
      - FIOASYNC
        Set or clear asynchronous I/O
      - FIOCLEX
        Set close on exec on a file descriptor
      - FIOGETOWN
        Get the owner of a file
      - FIONBIO
        Set or clear nonblocking I/O
      - FIONCLEX
        Clear close on exec on a file descriptor
      - FIONREAD
        Determine the number of characters waiting to be read
      - FIONSPACE
        Get the amount of space in the send queue
      - FIONWRITE
        Get the number of bytes outstanding in the send queue.
      - FIOSETOWN
        Set the owner of a file
    - TC*
    - TIOC*
  - JSON Library Reference
  - PAM Reference
  - Utilities Reference
  - WPA Control Interface Reference
    This document provides a reference for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) control interface, which provides a C API for the WPA/IEEE 802.11i protocols in Wi-Fi client stations. Application developers who want to control WPA operations and get associated status and event data should read this reference.
QNX Hypervisor
The QNX Hypervisor allows you to run multiple OSs on a target system so you can separate critical and non-critical functions, support a wide variety of applications, and reduce hardware costs.
QNX Software in the Cloud
QNX Software in the Cloud enables developers to use the QNX software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure).
QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks User's Guide
This User's Guide is aimed at all systems integrators and developers who want to design and build embedded systems using the QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks.
Typographical Conventions, Support, and Licensing
This section describes the typographical conventions used throughout the documentation and explains how to obtain technical support.

FIO*

This chapter describes the ioctl() commands that apply to file I/O.

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