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diff --git a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man3p/ptsname.3p b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man3p/ptsname.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c74c35db --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man3p/ptsname.3p @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +'\" et +.TH PTSNAME "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +ptsname +\(em get name of the slave pseudo-terminal device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <stdlib.h> +.P +char *ptsname(int \fIfildes\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIptsname\fR() +function shall return the name of the slave pseudo-terminal device +associated with a master pseudo-terminal device. The +.IR fildes +argument is a file descriptor that refers to the master device. The +\fIptsname\fR() +function shall return a pointer to a string containing the pathname +of the corresponding slave device. +.P +The +\fIptsname\fR() +function need not be thread-safe. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, +\fIptsname\fR() +shall return a pointer to a string which is the name of the +pseudo-terminal slave device. Upon failure, +\fIptsname\fR() +shall return a null pointer and may set +.IR errno . +This could occur if +.IR fildes +is an invalid file descriptor or if the slave device name does not +exist in the file system. +.P +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 +\fIptsname\fR(). +The returned pointer and the string content might also be invalidated +if the calling thread is terminated. +.SH ERRORS +The +\fIptsname\fR() +function may fail if: +.TP +.BR EBADF +The +.IR fildes +argument is not a valid file descriptor. +.TP +.BR ENOTTY +The file associated with the +.IR fildes +argument is not a master pseudo-terminal device. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +See the RATIONALE section for +.IR "\fIposix_openpt\fR\^(\|)". +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIgrantpt\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIopen\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIposix_openpt\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIttyname\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIunlockpt\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<stdlib.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +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 Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |