Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:39:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UNIX98 style pty Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990602113614.10100D-100000@crb.crb-web.com> In-Reply-To: <19990602103753.A28696@dan.emsphone.com>
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Ok, maybe it is not a UNIX98 thing. What I am looking for is more than 256 ptys. I would prefer the behavior that dynamically allocates ptys in /dev/pty/ at run-time. The latest linux kernel has this behavior. Thanks, Wayne On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Dan Nelson wrote: > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:37:53 -0500 > From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> > To: Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com> > Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Re: UNIX98 style pty > > In the last episode (Jun 02), Wayne Cuddy said: > > Does freebsd support UNIX 98 style pty usage? /dev/pty/# > > I don't think that's UNIX98. I just checked the UNIX98 specification > document, and it doesn't mandate any device names at all. UNIX98 lists > commands and function calls; it doesn't say how they are to be > implemented. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any function that > returns the "next open pty" name for you. > > Luckily for you, FreeBSD does have such a function: openpty(). > "man openpty" for more info. > > -Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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