posix man page for ptsname

PTSNAME(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       PTSNAME(3P)

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NAME
       ptsname -- get name of the slave pseudo-terminal device

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       char *ptsname(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION
       The ptsname() function shall return the name of the slave pseudo-terminal device associated  with  a  master  pseudo-terminal  device.  The
       fildes argument is a file descriptor that refers to the master device. The ptsname() function shall return a pointer to a string containing
       the pathname of the corresponding slave device.

       The ptsname() function need not be thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, ptsname() shall return a pointer to a string which is the name of the pseudo-terminal slave device. Upon  fail-
       ure,  ptsname()	shall return a null pointer. This could occur if fildes is an invalid file descriptor or if the slave device name does not
       exist in the file system.

       The application shall not modify the string returned. The returned pointer might be invalidated or the string content might be  overwritten
       by a subsequent call to ptsname().

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       See the RATIONALE section for posix_openpt().

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       grantpt(), open(), posix_openpt(), ttyname(), unlockpt()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <stdlib.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C)  2013  by	the  Institute	of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2013							       PTSNAME(3P)