posix_openpt(3)

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NAME

6       posix_openpt - open a pseudoterminal device
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdlib.h>
10       #include <fcntl.h>
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12       int posix_openpt(int flags);
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14   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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16       posix_openpt(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
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DESCRIPTION

19       The  posix_openpt()  function  opens  an  unused  pseudoterminal master
20       device, returning a file descriptor that can be used to refer  to  that
21       device.
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23       The  flags argument is a bit mask that ORs together zero or more of the
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26       O_RDWR Open the device for both reading and writing.  It  is  usual  to
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30              Do  not  make  this  device  the  controlling  terminal  for the
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RETURN VALUE

34       On success, posix_openpt() returns a nonnegative file descriptor  which
35       is  the lowest numbered unused descriptor.  On failure, -1 is returned,
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ERRORS

39       See open(2).
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VERSIONS

42       Glibc support for posix_openpt() has been provided since version 2.2.1.
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CONFORMING TO

45       posix_openpt() is part of  the  UNIX  98  pseudoterminal  support  (see
46       pts(4)).  This function is specified in POSIX.1-2001.
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NOTES

49       The  posix_openpt() function is a recent invention in POSIX.  Some UNIX
50       implementations that support System V  (aka  UNIX  98)  pseudoterminals
51       don't have this function, but it is easy to implement:
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54           posix_openpt(int flags)
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56               return open("/dev/ptmx", flags);
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59       Calling  posix_openpt()  creates a pathname for the corresponding pseu‐
60       doterminal slave device.  The pathname  of  the  slave  device  can  be
61       obtained  using  ptsname(3).   The slave device pathname exists only as
62       long as the master device is open.
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COLOPHON

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