PTSNAMESection: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 2003-01-30 |
NAME
ptsname - get the name of the slave pseudottySYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> char *ptsname(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
The ptsname() function returns the name of the slave pseudo-terminal device (pty) corresponding to the master pty referred to by fd.RETURN VALUE
When successful, ptsname() returns a pointer to a string in static storage. This pointer must not be freed.Upon failure, ptsname() returns a NULL pointer.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX 1003.1-2001. This is part of the Unix98 pty support, see pts(4).SEE ALSO
grantpt(3), ttyname(3), pts(4)