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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+ * Copyright 2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                       *
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+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                                                *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#define USE_LIBTINFO
+#include <tty_settings.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: tty_settings.c,v 1.7 2021/10/08 23:53:32 tom Exp $")
+
+static int my_fd;
+static TTY original_settings;
+static bool can_restore = FALSE;
+
+static void
+failed(const char *msg)
+{
+    int code = errno;
+
+    (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", _nc_progname, msg, strerror(code));
+    restore_tty_settings();
+    (void) fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    ExitProgram(ErrSystem(code));
+    /* NOTREACHED */
+}
+
+static bool
+get_tty_settings(int fd, TTY * tty_settings)
+{
+    bool success = TRUE;
+    my_fd = fd;
+    if (fd < 0 || GET_TTY(my_fd, tty_settings) < 0) {
+	success = FALSE;
+    }
+    return success;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Open a file descriptor on the current terminal, to obtain its settings.
+ * stderr is less likely to be redirected than stdout; try that first.
+ */
+int
+save_tty_settings(TTY * tty_settings, bool need_tty)
+{
+    if (!get_tty_settings(STDERR_FILENO, tty_settings) &&
+	!get_tty_settings(STDOUT_FILENO, tty_settings) &&
+	!get_tty_settings(STDIN_FILENO, tty_settings)) {
+	if (need_tty) {
+	    int fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
+	    if (!get_tty_settings(fd, tty_settings)) {
+		failed("terminal attributes");
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    my_fd = fileno(stdout);
+	}
+    } else {
+	can_restore = TRUE;
+	original_settings = *tty_settings;
+    }
+    return my_fd;
+}
+
+void
+restore_tty_settings(void)
+{
+    if (can_restore)
+	SET_TTY(my_fd, &original_settings);
+}
+
+/* Set the modes if they've changed. */
+void
+update_tty_settings(TTY * old_settings, TTY * new_settings)
+{
+    if (memcmp(new_settings, old_settings, sizeof(TTY))) {
+	SET_TTY(my_fd, new_settings);
+    }
+}