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31 .Nd pseudo-terminal multiplexor device
33 .Cd pseudo-device pty Op Ar count
37 driver is the backend for the
44 which allocates a free pseudo-terminal device, sets its user ID to
47 it, and returns the opened file descriptors for both the master
48 and the slave pseudo-terminal device to the caller in a
50 This struct has the following content:
51 .Bd -literal -offset indent
64 contain the master resp. slave device's file descriptor and
68 the corresponding paths in the file system.
72 device supports two more
83 device is included with the pseudo-device
85 It can be disabled by adding
86 .Dq Cd options NO_DEV_PTM
87 to the kernel configuration.
95 cloning device, used to implement Unix98 ptys