netbsd man page for ptsname

Query: ptsname

OS: netbsd

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PTSNAME(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						PTSNAME(3)

NAME
ptsname -- get the pathname of the slave pseudo-terminal device
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> char * ptsname(int masterfd);
DESCRIPTION
The ptsname() function returns the pathname of the slave pseudo-terminal device that corresponds to the master pseudo-terminal device associ- ated with masterfd. The ptsname() function is not reentrant or thread-safe.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, ptsname() returns a pointer to a nul-terminated string containing the pathname of the slave pseudo-terminal device. If an error occurs ptsname() will return NULL and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The ptsname() function will fail if: [EACCESS] the corresponding pseudo-terminal device could not be accessed. [EBADF] masterfd is not a valid descriptor. [EINVAL] masterfd is not associated with a master pseudo-terminal device.
NOTES
The error returns of ptsname() are a NetBSD extension. The ptsname() function is equivalent to: struct ptmget pm; return ioctl(masterfd, TIOCPTSNAME, &pm) == -1 ? NULL : pm.ps;
SEE ALSO
ioctl(2), grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), unlockpt(3)
STANDARDS
The ptsname() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). Its first release was in X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').
BSD
May 25, 2004 BSD