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GETPT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPT(3)
getpt - open a new pseudoterminal master
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <stdlib.h>
int getpt(void);
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
open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR);
on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal multiplexor device is
located elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library.
getpt() returns an open file descriptor upon successful
completion. Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate
the error.
getpt() can fail with various errors described in open(2).
getpt() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│getpt() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
getpt() is glibc-specific; use posix_openpt(3) instead.
grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), ptsname(3), unlockpt(3), ptmx(4),
pty(7)
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GNU 2020-08-13 GETPT(3)
Pages that refer to this page: posix_openpt(3), pts(4)
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