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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