From 399644e47874bff147afb19c89228901ac39340e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:40:15 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 6.05.01. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man3/ptsname.3 | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 147 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man3/ptsname.3 (limited to 'man3/ptsname.3') diff --git a/man3/ptsname.3 b/man3/ptsname.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b57f057 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/ptsname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +'\" t +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(PUBLIC_DOMAIN) +.\" This page is in the public domain. - aeb +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.\" 2004-12-17, mtk, added description of ptsname_r() + ERRORS +.\" +.TH ptsname 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +ptsname, ptsname_r \- get the name of the slave pseudoterminal +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include +.PP +.BI "char *ptsname(int " fd ); +.BI "int ptsname_r(int " fd ", char " buf [. buflen "], size_t " buflen ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +.BR ptsname (): +.nf + Since glibc 2.24: + _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 +.\" || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) + glibc 2.23 and earlier: + _XOPEN_SOURCE +.fi +.PP +.BR ptsname_r (): +.nf + _GNU_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR ptsname () +function returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal device +corresponding to the master referred to by the file descriptor +.IR fd . +.PP +The +.BR ptsname_r () +function is the reentrant equivalent of +.BR ptsname (). +It returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal device as a +null-terminated string in the buffer pointed to by +.IR buf . +The +.I buflen +argument specifies the number of bytes available in +.IR buf . +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR ptsname () +returns a pointer to a string in static storage which will be +overwritten by subsequent calls. +This pointer must not be freed. +On failure, NULL is returned. +.PP +On success, +.BR ptsname_r () +returns 0. +On failure, an error number is returned to indicate the error. +.\" In glibc, the error number is not only returned as the return value +.\" but also stored in errno. But this is not true for musl libc. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +.RB ( ptsname_r () +only) +.I buf +is NULL. +(This error is returned only for +.\" glibc commit 8f0a947cf55f3b0c4ebdf06953c57eff67a22fa9 +glibc 2.25 and earlier.) +.TP +.B ENOTTY +.I fd +does not refer to a pseudoterminal master device. +.TP +.B ERANGE +.RB ( ptsname_r () +only) +.I buf +is too small. +.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 ptsname () +T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe race:ptsname +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR ptsname_r () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH VERSIONS +A version of +.BR ptsname_r () +is documented on Tru64 and HP-UX, +but on those implementations, +\-1 is returned on error, with +.I errno +set to indicate the error. +Avoid using this function in portable programs. +.SH STANDARDS +.TP +.BR ptsname (): +POSIX.1-2008. +.PP +.BR ptsname_r () +is a Linux extension, that is proposed for inclusion +.\" FIXME . for later review when Issue 8 is one day released +.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/tag_view_page.php?tag_id=8 +.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=508 +in the next major revision of POSIX.1 (Issue 8). +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR ptsname (): +POSIX.1-2001. +glibc 2.1. +.PP +.BR ptsname () +is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see +.BR pts (4)). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR grantpt (3), +.BR posix_openpt (3), +.BR ttyname (3), +.BR unlockpt (3), +.BR pts (4), +.BR pty (7) -- cgit v1.2.3