2017-09-15
Aliases: ptsname_r(3), ptsname_r(3), ptsname_r(3), ptsname_r(3), ptsname_r(3), ptsname_r(3)
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NAME
ptsname, ptsname_r - get the name of the slave pseudoterminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
Since glibc 2.24:
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 ||
(_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED)
Glibc 2.23 and earlier:
_XOPEN_SOURCE
char *ptsname(int fd);
int ptsname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);
int ptsname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ptsname():
Since glibc 2.24:
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 ||
(_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED)
Glibc 2.23 and earlier:
_XOPEN_SOURCE
ptsname_r():
_GNU_SOURCE
_GNU_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The ptsname() function returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal device corresponding to the master referred to by fd.
The ptsname_r() function is the reentrant equivalent of ptsname(). It returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal device as a null-terminated string in the buffer pointed to by buf. The buflen argument specifies the number of bytes available in buf.
RETURN VALUE
On success, ptsname() returns a pointer to a string in static storage which will be overwritten by subsequent calls. This pointer must not be freed. On failure, NULL is returned.
On success, ptsname_r() returns 0. On failure, a nonzero value is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
| EINVAL | (ptsname_r() only) buf is NULL. (This error is returned only for glibc 2.25 and earlier.) |
| ENOTTY | fd does not refer to a pseudoterminal master device. |
| ERANGE | (ptsname_r() only) buf is too small. |
VERSIONS
ptsname() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:ptsname | |
| Thread safety | MT-Safe |
CONFORMING TO
ptsname():
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
ptsname() is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see pts(4)).
ptsname_r() is a Linux extension, that is proposed for inclusion in the next major revision of POSIX.1 (Issue 8). A version of this function is documented on Tru64 and HP-UX, but on those implementations, -1 is returned on error, with errno set to indicate the error. Avoid using this function in portable programs.
SEE ALSO
COLOPHON
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