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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:52:20 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:52:20 +0000 |
commit | 01548ace1533487f9c0488f55112c9d8641f8184 (patch) | |
tree | 23294a96f715e1e5bc35c1029ec151c90ee95b96 /lib/libutil/pty.3 | |
parent | 47f5e31e2bb626743fa9e912918201fe505b1419 (diff) | |
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libutil/pty.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libutil/pty.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pty.3 b/lib/libutil/pty.3 index 19cf9f7..35f0b82 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/pty.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/pty.3 @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ If the argument is not .Dv NULL , .Fn openpty -copies the pathname of the slave pty to this area. The caller is +copies the pathname of the slave pty to this area. +The caller is responsible for allocating the required space in this array. .Pp If the arguments @@ -86,12 +87,16 @@ The .Fn forkpty function first calls .Fn openpty -to obtain the next available pseudo-terminal from the system. Upon success, -it forks off a new process. In the child process, it closes the descriptor +to obtain the next available pseudo-terminal from the system. +Upon success, +it forks off a new process. +In the child process, it closes the descriptor for the master side of the pty, and calls .Xr login_tty 3 -for the slave pty. In the parent process, it closes the descriptor for the -slave side of the pty. The arguments +for the slave pty. +In the parent process, it closes the descriptor for the +slave side of the pty. +The arguments .Fa amaster , .Fa name , .Fa termp , @@ -133,7 +138,8 @@ may set it to any value as described for .Xr group 5 .Sh BUGS The calling process must have an effective UID of super-user in order -to perform all the intended actions. No notification will occur if +to perform all the intended actions. +No notification will occur if .Fn openpty or .Fn forkpty |