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.\" $NetBSD: ptsname.3,v 1.6 2012/10/19 10:44:34 apb Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" by Christos Zoulas.
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.Dd May 25, 2004
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.Dt PTSNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ptsname
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.Nd get the pathname of the slave pseudo-terminal device
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft char *
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.Fn ptsname "int masterfd"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn ptsname
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function returns the pathname of the slave pseudo-terminal device
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that corresponds to the master pseudo-terminal device associated with
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.Fa masterfd .
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The
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.Fn ptsname
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function is not reentrant or thread-safe.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful,
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.Fn ptsname
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returns a pointer to a nul-terminated string containing the pathname
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of the slave pseudo-terminal device.
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If an error occurs
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.Fn ptsname
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will return
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.Dv NULL
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and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn ptsname
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function will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EACCESS
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the corresponding pseudo-terminal device could not be accessed.
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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.Fa masterfd
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is not a valid descriptor.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa masterfd
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is not associated with a master pseudo-terminal device.
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.El
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.Sh NOTES
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The error returns of
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.Fn ptsname
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are a
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.Nx
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extension.
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The
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.Fn ptsname
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function is equivalent to:
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.Bd -literal
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struct ptmget pm;
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return ioctl(masterfd, TIOCPTSNAME, \*[Am]pm) == -1 ? NULL : pm.sn;
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ioctl 2 ,
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.Xr grantpt 3 ,
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.Xr posix_openpt 3 ,
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.Xr unlockpt 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn ptsname
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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Its first release was in
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.St -xpg4.2 .
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