posix_openpt(3) Library Functions Manual posix_openpt(3) NAME posix_openpt - open a pseudoterminal device LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> #include <fcntl.h> int posix_openpt(int flags); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): posix_openpt(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 DESCRIPTION The posix_openpt() function opens an unused pseudoterminal master de- vice, returning a file descriptor that can be used to refer to that de- vice. The flags argument is a bit mask that ORs together zero or more of the following flags: O_RDWR Open the device for both reading and writing. It is usual to specify this flag. O_NOCTTY Do not make this device the controlling terminal for the process. RETURN VALUE On success, posix_openpt() returns a file descriptor (a nonnegative in- teger) which is the lowest numbered unused file descriptor. On fail- ure, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS See open(2). VERSIONS glibc support for posix_openpt() has been provided since glibc 2.2.1. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- tributes(7). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │posix_openpt() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ STANDARDS POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. posix_openpt() is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see pts(4)). NOTES Some older UNIX implementations that support System V (aka UNIX 98) pseudoterminals don't have this function, but it can be easily imple- mented by opening the pseudoterminal multiplexor device: int posix_openpt(int flags) { return open("/dev/ptmx", flags); } Calling posix_openpt() creates a pathname for the corresponding pseu- doterminal slave device. The pathname of the slave device can be ob- tained using ptsname(3). The slave device pathname exists only as long as the master device is open. SEE ALSO open(2), getpt(3), grantpt(3), ptsname(3), unlockpt(3), pts(4), pty(7) Linux man-pages 6.03 2023-02-05 posix_openpt(3)
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