Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:30:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r194536 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <200906201630.n5KGUWK7080825@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ed Date: Sat Jun 20 16:30:32 2009 New Revision: 194536 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/194536 Log: Improve sentence and add reference to openpty(3). Add missing newlines. Modified: head/share/man/man4/pts.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/pts.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/pts.4 Sat Jun 20 15:58:23 2009 (r194535) +++ head/share/man/man4/pts.4 Sat Jun 20 16:30:32 2009 (r194536) @@ -148,11 +148,14 @@ pseudo-terminals implementation are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/pts/[num]" .It Pa /dev/ptmx -Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master pseudo-terminal -when opened. This device should not be opened directly. It's only -available for binary compatibility. New devices should only be created -though -.Xr posix_openpt 2 . +Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master +pseudo-terminal when opened. +This device should not be opened directly. +It's only available for binary compatibility. +New devices should only be allocated with +.Xr posix_openpt 2 +and +.Xr openpty 3 . .It Pa /dev/pts/[num] Pseudo-terminal slave devices. .El
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