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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"

+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(BSD_3_CLAUSE_UCB)

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@@ -24,36 +25,37 @@
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+.\" %%%LICENSE_END

 .\"
 .\" Converted into a manpage again by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
 .\"
 .\" Added -lutil remark, 030718
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Converted into a manpage again by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
 .\"
 .\" Added -lutil remark, 030718
 .\"

-.TH OPENPTY 3  2010-06-13 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH OPENPTY 3  2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-openpty, login_tty, forkpty \- tty utility functions
+openpty, login_tty, forkpty \- terminal utility functions

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <pty.h>
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <pty.h>

-.sp
+.PP

 .BI "int openpty(int *" amaster ", int *" aslave ", char *" name ,
 .BI "            const struct termios *" termp ,
 .BI "            const struct winsize *" winp );
 .BI "int openpty(int *" amaster ", int *" aslave ", char *" name ,
 .BI "            const struct termios *" termp ,
 .BI "            const struct winsize *" winp );

-.sp
+.PP

 .BI "pid_t forkpty(int *" amaster ", char *" name ,
 .BI "              const struct termios *" termp ,
 .BI "              const struct winsize *" winp );
 .BI "pid_t forkpty(int *" amaster ", char *" name ,
 .BI "              const struct termios *" termp ,
 .BI "              const struct winsize *" winp );

-.sp
+

 .B #include <utmp.h>
 .B #include <utmp.h>

-.sp
+.PP

 .BI "int login_tty(int " fd );
 .BI "int login_tty(int " fd );

-.sp
+.PP

 Link with \fI\-lutil\fP.
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR openpty ()
 Link with \fI\-lutil\fP.
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR openpty ()

-function finds an available pseudo-terminal and returns file descriptors
+function finds an available pseudoterminal and returns file descriptors

 for the master and slave in
 .I amaster
 and
 for the master and slave in
 .I amaster
 and


@@ -71,12 +73,12 @@ If
 .I winp
 is not NULL, the window size of the slave will be set to the values in
 .IR winp .
 .I winp
 is not NULL, the window size of the slave will be set to the values in
 .IR winp .

-
+.PP

 The
 .BR login_tty ()
 The
 .BR login_tty ()

-function prepares for a login on the tty
+function prepares for a login on the terminal

 .I fd
 .I fd

-(which may be a real tty device, or the slave of a pseudo-terminal as
+(which may be a real terminal device, or the slave of a pseudoterminal as

 returned by
 .BR openpty ())
 by creating a new session, making
 returned by
 .BR openpty ())
 by creating a new session, making


@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ the controlling terminal for the calling process, setting
 to be the standard input, output, and error streams of the current
 process, and closing
 .IR fd .
 to be the standard input, output, and error streams of the current
 process, and closing
 .IR fd .

-
+.PP

 The
 .BR forkpty ()
 function combines
 The
 .BR forkpty ()
 function combines


@@ -94,21 +96,22 @@ function combines
 .BR fork (2),
 and
 .BR login_tty ()
 .BR fork (2),
 and
 .BR login_tty ()

-to create a new process operating in a pseudo-terminal.
+to create a new process operating in a pseudoterminal.

 The file
 The file

-descriptor of the master side of the pseudo-terminal is returned in
-.IR amaster ,
-and the filename of the slave in
+descriptor of the master side of the pseudoterminal is returned in
+.IR amaster .
+If

 .I name
 .I name

-if it is not NULL.
+is not NULL, the buffer it points to is used to return the
+filename of the slave.

 The
 .I termp
 and
 .I winp
 arguments, if not NULL,
 will determine the terminal attributes and window size of the slave
 The
 .I termp
 and
 .I winp
 arguments, if not NULL,
 will determine the terminal attributes and window size of the slave

-side of the pseudo-terminal.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+side of the pseudoterminal.
+.SH RETURN VALUE

 If a call to
 .BR openpty (),
 .BR login_tty (),
 If a call to
 .BR openpty (),
 .BR login_tty (),


@@ -127,26 +130,43 @@ return 0, and the parent process of
 returns the process ID of the child process.
 .SH ERRORS
 .BR openpty ()
 returns the process ID of the child process.
 .SH ERRORS
 .BR openpty ()

-will fail if:
+fails if:

 .TP
 .B ENOENT
 .TP
 .B ENOENT

-There are no available ttys.
-.LP
+There are no available terminals.
+.PP

 .BR login_tty ()
 .BR login_tty ()

-will fail if
+fails if

 .BR ioctl (2)
 fails to set
 .I fd
 to the controlling terminal of the calling process.
 .BR ioctl (2)
 fails to set
 .I fd
 to the controlling terminal of the calling process.

-.LP
+.PP

 .BR forkpty ()
 .BR forkpty ()

-will fail if either
+fails if either

 .BR openpty ()
 or
 .BR fork (2)
 fails.
 .BR openpty ()
 or
 .BR fork (2)
 fails.

-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-These are BSD functions, present in libc5 and glibc2.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbw20 lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface      Attribute       Value
+T{
+.BR forkpty (),
+.BR openpty ()
+T}     Thread safety   MT-Safe locale
+T{
+.BR login_tty ()
+T}     Thread safety   MT-Unsafe race:ttyname
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+These are BSD functions, present in glibc.

 They are not standardized in POSIX.
 .SH NOTES
 The
 They are not standardized in POSIX.
 .SH NOTES
 The


@@ -156,13 +176,13 @@ modifiers were added to the structure pointer arguments of
 and
 .BR forkpty ()
 in glibc 2.8.
 and
 .BR forkpty ()
 in glibc 2.8.

-
+.PP

 In versions of glibc before 2.0.92,
 .BR openpty ()
 In versions of glibc before 2.0.92,
 .BR openpty ()

-returns file descriptors for a BSD pseudo-terminal pair;
+returns file descriptors for a BSD pseudoterminal pair;

 since glibc 2.0.92,
 since glibc 2.0.92,

-it first attempts to open a Unix 98 pseudo-terminal pair,
-and falls back to opening a BSD pseudo-terminal pair if that fails.
+it first attempts to open a UNIX 98 pseudoterminal pair,
+and falls back to opening a BSD pseudoterminal pair if that fails.

 .SH BUGS
 Nobody knows how much space should be reserved for
 .IR name .
 .SH BUGS
 Nobody knows how much space should be reserved for
 .IR name .


@@ -173,7 +193,7 @@ or
 with non-NULL
 .I name
 may not be secure.
 with non-NULL
 .I name
 may not be secure.

-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO

 .BR fork (2),
 .BR ttyname (3),
 .BR pty (7)
 .BR fork (2),
 .BR ttyname (3),
 .BR pty (7)