1PTSNAME(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                PTSNAME(3)
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NAME

6       ptsname, ptsname_r - get the name of the slave pseudo-terminal
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SYNOPSIS

9       #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
10       #include <stdlib.h>
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12       char *ptsname(int fd);
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14       #define _GNU_SOURCE
15       #include <stdlib.h>
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17       int ptsname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);
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DESCRIPTION

20       The  ptsname()  function  returns the name of the slave pseudo-terminal
21       (pty) device corresponding to the master referred to by fd.
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23       The ptsname_r() function is the reentrant equivalent of ptsname().   It
24       returns  the  name of the slave pseudo-terminal device as a null-termi‐
25       nated string in the buffer pointed to  by  buf.   The  buflen  argument
26       specifies the number of bytes available in buf.
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RETURN VALUE

29       On  success,  ptsname() returns a pointer to a string in static storage
30       which will be overwritten by subsequent calls.  This pointer  must  not
31       be freed.  On failure, a NULL pointer is returned.
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33       On  success,  ptsname_r()  returns  0.   On failure, a nonzero value is
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ERRORS

37       EINVAL (ptsname_r() only) buf is NULL.
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39       ENOTTY fd does not refer to a pseudo-terminal master device.
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41       ERANGE (ptsname_r() only) buf is too small.
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VERSIONS

44       ptsname() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
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CONFORMING TO

47       ptsname() is part of the Unix98 pseudo-terminal support  (see  pts(4)).
48       This function is specified in POSIX.1-2001.
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50       ptsname_r()  is a Linux extension.  A version of this function is docu‐
51       mented on Tru64 and HP-UX, but on those implementations, -1 is returned
52       on error, with errno set to indicate the error.  Avoid using this func‐
53       tion in portable programs.
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SEE ALSO

56       grantpt(3),  posix_openpt(3),  ttyname(3),  unlockpt(3),  pts(4),  fea‐
57       ture_test_macros(7), pty(7)
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COLOPHON

60       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
61       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
62       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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