The
ptsname()
function returns the name of the slave pseudo-terminal (pty) 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 pseudo-terminal 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, a NULL pointer is returned.
On success,
ptsname_r()
returns 0.
On failure, a non-zero value is returned
and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EINVAL
(ptsname_r()
only)
buf
is NULL.
ENOTTY
fd
does not refer to a pseudo-terminal master device.
ERANGE
(ptsname_r()
only)
buf
is too small.
VERSIONS
ptsname()
is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
ptsname()
is part of the Unix98 pseudo-terminal support (see
pts(4)).
This function is specified in POSIX.1-2001.
ptsname_r()
is a Linux extension.
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.
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