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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/pts.4 | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/pts.4 b/share/man/man4/pts.4 index 294f1ef..dc13a90 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/pts.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/pts.4 @@ -148,11 +148,14 @@ pseudo-terminals implementation are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/pts/[num]" .It Pa /dev/ptmx -Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master pseudo-terminal -when opened. This device should not be opened directly. It's only -available for binary compatibility. New devices should only be created -though -.Xr posix_openpt 2 . +Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master +pseudo-terminal when opened. +This device should not be opened directly. +It's only available for binary compatibility. +New devices should only be allocated with +.Xr posix_openpt 2 +and +.Xr openpty 3 . .It Pa /dev/pts/[num] Pseudo-terminal slave devices. .El |
