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-'\" t
-.\" This man page was written by Jeremy Phelps <jphelps@notreached.net>.
-.\"
-.\" %%%LICENSE_START(FREELY_REDISTRIBUTABLE)
-.\" Redistribute and modify at will.
-.\" %%%LICENSE_END
-.\"
-.TH getpt 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.SH NAME
-getpt \- open a new pseudoterminal master
-.SH LIBRARY
-Standard C library
-.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
-.B #include <stdlib.h>
-.P
-.B "int getpt(void);"
-.fi
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR getpt ()
-opens a new pseudoterminal device and returns a file descriptor
-that refers to that device.
-It is equivalent to opening the pseudoterminal multiplexor device
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR);
-.EE
-.in
-.P
-on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal multiplexor device is located
-elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-.BR getpt ()
-returns an open file descriptor upon successful completion.
-Otherwise, it
-returns \-1 and sets
-.I errno
-to indicate the error.
-.SH ERRORS
-.BR getpt ()
-can fail with various errors described in
-.BR open (2).
-.SH ATTRIBUTES
-For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
-.BR attributes (7).
-.TS
-allbox;
-lbx lb lb
-l l l.
-Interface Attribute Value
-T{
-.na
-.nh
-.BR getpt ()
-T} Thread safety MT-Safe
-.TE
-.SH VERSIONS
-Use
-.BR posix_openpt (3)
-instead.
-.SH STANDARDS
-GNU.
-.SH HISTORY
-glibc 2.1.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR grantpt (3),
-.BR posix_openpt (3),
-.BR ptsname (3),
-.BR unlockpt (3),
-.BR ptmx (4),
-.BR pty (7)