2 @section @code{posix_openpt}
5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_openpt.html}
7 Gnulib module: posix_openpt
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
12 This function is missing on some platforms:
13 Mac OS X 10.3, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1,
14 Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
15 However, the replacement may fail with @code{ENOSYS} or @code{ENOENT} on
19 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
23 Note that when using this function to open the master side of a
24 pseudo-terminal, you still need platform dependent code to open the
25 corresponding slave side. The Gnulib module @code{openpty} provides
26 an easy-to-use API that does both at once.