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Date:      19 Jan 1998 21:06:47 -0600
From:      Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What's a pseudo terminal?
Message-ID:  <85hg6zvo6w.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>
In-Reply-To: jak@cetlink.net's message of "Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:25:34 GMT"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113203758.24708n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> <34c353b6.473453@mail.cetlink.net>

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jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) writes:
> What is the use and/or purpose of a pseudo terminal?

Pseudo-terminals are paired devices, one of which presents a terminal
interface, and the other is controlled by a program.  Examples of
programs that use ptys are telnetd, rlogind, and script.  See pty(4)
for more information.

-Dave



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