what if _POSIX_VDISABLE value is -1?

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Published on 2010-05-23T10:56:21Z Indexed on 2010/05/23 11:00 UTC
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In POSIX _POSIX_VDISABLE value if -1, there is no disabling character for special character for all the terminal device files; otherwise the value is the disabling character value..

Can please anyone help me understand this. I m not able to get the exact meaning of this.

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