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Subject: docs/1268: The 'pty' manpage isn't consistant with reality.
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>Number:         1268
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       The 'pty' manpage isn't consistant with reality.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 27 21:10:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthew N. Dodd
>Organization:
InterSurf Online, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	`man pty` shows the following:

	FILES
	/dev/pty[p-r][0-9a-f]   master pseudo terminals
	/dev/tty[p-r][0-9a-f]   slave pseudo terminals

	When, in reality, [p-sP-S][0-9a-v] appears to be the useable
	range.

>How-To-Repeat:

	`man pty` and look at the Files section. :)

>Fix:
*** pty.4.orig	Mon May 27 23:02:23 1996
--- pty.4	Mon May 27 23:03:17 1996
***************
*** 198,205 ****
  .El
  .Sh FILES
! .Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[p-r][0-9a-f]x -compact
! .It Pa /dev/pty[p-r][0-9a-f]
  master pseudo terminals
! .It Pa /dev/tty[p-r][0-9a-f]
  slave pseudo terminals
  .El
--- 198,205 ----
  .El
  .Sh FILES
! .Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v]x -compact
! .It Pa /dev/pty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v]
  master pseudo terminals
! .It Pa /dev/tty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v]
  slave pseudo terminals
  .El
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: