parport_claim_or_block
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## Name

parport_claim_or_block — claim access to a parallel port device

## Synopsis

`int parport_claim_or_block (` | struct pardevice * dev`)`;

## Arguments

`dev`

  pointer to structure representing a device on the port

## Description

This behaves like `parport_claim`, but will block if necessary to wait for the port to be free. A return value of 1 indicates that it slept; 0 means that it succeeded without needing to sleep. A negative error code indicates failure.

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