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pseudotteudo-tty" terminology clean-up

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Michael Kerrisk 2005-07-18 17:10:04 +00:00
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man3/openpty.3
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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Link with \-lutil.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B openpty()
function finds an available pseudo-tty and returns file descriptors
function finds an available pseudo-terminal and returns file descriptors
for the master and slave in
.I amaster
and
@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The
.B login_tty()
function prepares for a login on the tty
.I fd
(which may be a real tty device, or the slave of a pseudo-tty as
(which may be a real tty device, or the slave of a pseudo-terminal as
returned by
.BR openpty() )
by creating a new session, making
@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ function combines
.BR fork() ,
and
.B login_tty()
to create a new process operating in a pseudo-tty. The file
descriptor of the master side of the pseudo-tty is returned in
to create a new process operating in a pseudo-terminal. The file
descriptor of the master side of the pseudo-terminal is returned in
.IR amaster ,
and the filename of the slave in
.I name
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ and
.I winp
parameters, if not NULL,
will determine the terminal attributes and window size of the slave
side of the pseudo-tty.
side of the pseudo-terminal.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
If a call to
.BR openpty() ,

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man4/tty_ioctl.4
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@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Set the line discipline of the tty.
Enable (when
.RI * argp
is non-zero) or disable packet mode.
Can be applied to the master side of a pseudotty only (and will return
Can be applied to the master side of a pseudo-terminal only (and will return
ENOTTY otherwise). In packet mode, each subsequent
.BR read (2)
will return a packet that either contains a single non-zero control byte,