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Diffstat (limited to 'man4/pts.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | man4/pts.4 | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man4/pts.4 b/man4/pts.4 index 3afff788e..2edf7365d 100644 --- a/man4/pts.4 +++ b/man4/pts.4 @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Each file descriptor obtained by opening is an independent pseudoterminal master with its own associated slave, whose path can be found by passing the file descriptor to -.BR ptsname (3). +.MR ptsname 3 . .P Before opening the pseudoterminal slave, you must pass the master's file descriptor to -.BR grantpt (3) +.MR grantpt 3 and -.BR unlockpt (3). +.MR unlockpt 3 . .P Once both the pseudoterminal master and slave are open, the slave provides processes with an interface that is identical to that of a real terminal. @@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ Data written to the master is presented to the slave as input. .P In practice, pseudoterminals are used for implementing terminal emulators such as -.BR xterm (1), +.MR xterm 1 , in which data read from the pseudoterminal master is interpreted by the application in the same way a real terminal would interpret the data, and for implementing remote-login programs such as -.BR sshd (8), +.MR sshd 8 , in which data read from the pseudoterminal master is sent across the network to a client program that is connected to a terminal or terminal emulator. .P Pseudoterminals can also be used to send input to programs that normally refuse to read input from pipes (such as -.BR su (1), +.MR su 1 , and -.BR passwd (1)). +.MR passwd 1 ). .SH FILES .IR /dev/ptmx , .I /dev/pts/* @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ is done using the filesystem, which should be mounted on .IR /dev/pts . .SH SEE ALSO -.BR getpt (3), -.BR grantpt (3), -.BR ptsname (3), -.BR unlockpt (3), -.BR pty (7) +.MR getpt 3 , +.MR grantpt 3 , +.MR ptsname 3 , +.MR unlockpt 3 , +.MR pty 7 |