diff options
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/posix_openpt.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man3/posix_openpt.3 b/man3/posix_openpt.3 index 09733d0..8d25557 100644 --- a/man3/posix_openpt.3 +++ b/man3/posix_openpt.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH posix_openpt 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH posix_openpt 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME posix_openpt \- open a pseudoterminal device .SH LIBRARY @@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ Standard C library .nf .B #include <stdlib.h> .B #include <fcntl.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int posix_openpt(int " flags ");" .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR posix_openpt (): .nf _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The .BR posix_openpt () function opens an unused pseudoterminal master device, returning a file descriptor that can be used to refer to that device. -.PP +.P The .I flags argument is a bit mask that ORs together zero or more of @@ -68,20 +68,19 @@ T{ .BR posix_openpt () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. .SH HISTORY glibc 2.2.1. POSIX.1-2001. -.PP +.P It is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see .BR pts (4)). .SH NOTES Some older UNIX implementations that support System V (aka UNIX 98) pseudoterminals don't have this function, but it can be easily implemented by opening the pseudoterminal multiplexor device: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX int @@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ posix_openpt(int flags) } .EE .in -.PP +.P Calling .BR posix_openpt () creates a pathname for the corresponding pseudoterminal slave device. |