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[9]1.TH OPENPTY 3 "May 15, 1985"
2.AT 3
3.SH NAME
4openpty \- library call to obtain a pty
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.nf
7.ft B
8#include <libutil.h>
9
10int openpty(int *\fIamaster\fP, int *\fIaslave\fP, char *\fIname\fP, struct termios *\fItermp\fP, struct winsize *\fIwinp\fP)
11.ft R
12.fi
13.SH DESCRIPTION
14.B Openpty
15tries to obtain pty file descriptors by opening /dev/ttypX and
16/dev/ptypX, setting *\fIamaster\fP and *\fIaslave\fP to these fd's,
17changing ownership of the slave pty to the current process, and making
18it only group-writable by group tty.
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