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.TH POSIX_OPENPT 3 2012-04-20 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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posix_openpt \- open a pseudoterminal device
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.B #include <fcntl.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int posix_openpt(int " flags ");"
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.fi
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.sp
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.in
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.sp
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.ad l
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.BR posix_openpt ():
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_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600
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.ad b
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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function opens an unused pseudoterminal master device, returning a
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file descriptor that can be used to refer to that device.
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The
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.I flags
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argument is a bit mask that ORs together zero or more of
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the following flags:
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.TP
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.B O_RDWR
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Open the device for both reading and writing.
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It is usual to specify this flag.
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.TP
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.B O_NOCTTY
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Do not make this device the controlling terminal for the process.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success,
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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returns a nonnegative file descriptor which is the lowest
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numbered unused descriptor.
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On failure, \-1 is returned, and
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.I errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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See
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.BR open (2).
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.SH VERSIONS
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Glibc support for
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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has been provided since version 2.2.1.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see
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.BR pts (4)).
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This function is specified in POSIX.1-2001.
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.SH NOTES
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The
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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function is a recent invention in POSIX.
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Some UNIX implementations that support System V
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(aka UNIX 98) pseudoterminals don't have this function, but it
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is easy to implement:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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int
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posix_openpt(int flags)
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{
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return open("/dev/ptmx", flags);
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}
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.in
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.PP
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Calling
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.BR posix_openpt ()
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creates a pathname for the corresponding pseudoterminal slave device.
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The pathname of the slave device can be obtained using
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.BR ptsname (3).
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The slave device pathname exists only as long as the master device is open.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR open (2),
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.BR getpt (3),
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.BR grantpt (3),
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.BR ptsname (3),
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.BR unlockpt (3),
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.BR pts (4),
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.BR pty (7)
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