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authored <ed@FreeBSD.org>2009-05-09 16:42:57 +0000
committered <ed@FreeBSD.org>2009-05-09 16:42:57 +0000
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TTYs don't necessarily use /dev/ttyxx.
Submitted by: csjp
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
index ada580f..c7b8cbc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ These descriptors are not related to the standard
.Dv FILE
typedef, but refer to the special device files found in
.Pa /dev
-and named
-.Pa /dev/tty Ns Ar xx
and for which an entry exists
in the initialization file
-.Pa /etc/ttys .
+.Pa /etc/ttys
+or pseudo-terminals.
(See
.Xr ttys 5 . )
.Pp
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