GETPT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
VERSIONS
ATTRIBUTES
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
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NAME

getpt − open a new pseudoterminal master

SYNOPSIS

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#include

int getpt(void);

DESCRIPTION

getpt() opens a new pseudoterminal device and returns a file descriptor that refers to that device. It is equivalent to opening the pseudoterminal multiplexor device

open(“/dev/ptmx”, O_RDWR);

on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal multiplexor device is located elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library.

RETURN VALUE

getpt() returns an open file descriptor upon successful completion. Otherwise, it returns −1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

getpt() can fail with various errors described in open(2).

VERSIONS

getpt() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

CONFORMING TO

getpt() is glibc-specific; use posix_openpt(3) instead.

SEE ALSO

grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), ptsname(3), unlockpt(3), ptmx(4), pty(7)

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