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41 .Nd tty utility functions
47 .Fn openpty "int *amaster" "int *aslave" "char *name" "struct termios *termp" "struct winsize *winp"
49 .Fn login_tty "int fd"
51 .Fn forkpty "int *amaster" "char *name" "struct termios *termp" "struct winsize *winp"
58 functions perform manipulations on ttys and pseudo-ttys.
62 function finds an available pseudo-tty and returns file descriptors
63 for the master and slave in
69 is non-null, the filename of the slave is returned in
75 as any other regular path name, so a buffer of this size should be used.
77 .\" characters in the current
79 .\" device driver (including the terminating
81 .\" which limits the maximum to
86 is non-null, the terminal parameters of the slave will be set to the
91 is non-null, the window size of the slave will be set to the values in
96 function prepares for a login on the tty
98 (which may be a real tty device, or the slave of a pseudo-tty as
101 by creating a new session, making
103 the controlling terminal for the current process, setting
105 to be the standard input, output, and error streams of the current
116 to create a new process operating in a pseudo-tty.
117 The file descriptor of the master side of the pseudo-tty is returned
118 (to the parent process only) in
120 The filename of the slave is returned (to both the parent and child
130 parameters, if non-null, will determine the terminal attributes and
131 window size of the slave side of the pseudo-tty.
138 is not successful, -1 is returned and
140 is set to indicate the error.
144 and the child process of
146 return 0, and the parent process of
148 returns the process ID of the child process.
150 .Bl -tag -width /dev/[pt]ty[p-zP-T][0-9a-zA-Z] -compact
151 .It Pa /dev/[pt]ty[p-zP-T][0-9a-zA-Z]
158 There are no available ttys.
160 The caller was not the superuser and the
162 device is missing or not configured.
170 to the controlling terminal of the current process.