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42.Dd $Mdocdate: December 3 2012 $
43.Dt POSIX_OPENPT 3
44.Os
45.Sh NAME
46.Nm posix_openpt
47.Nd "open a pseudo-terminal device"
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In stdlib.h
50.In fcntl.h
51.Ft int
52.Fn posix_openpt "int oflag"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Fn posix_openpt
56function allocates a new pseudo-terminal and establishes a connection
57with its master device.
58After the pseudo-terminal has been allocated, the slave device should
59have the proper permissions before it can be used (see
60.Xr grantpt 3 ) .
61The name of the slave device can be determined by calling
62.Xr ptsname 3 .
63.Pp
64The file status flags and file access modes of the open file description
65shall be set according to the value of
66.Fa oflag .
67Values for
68.Fa oflag
69are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of flags from the following
70list, defined in
71.In fcntl.h :
72.Bl -tag -width ".Dv O_NOCTTY"
73.It Dv O_RDWR
74Open for reading and writing.
75.It Dv O_NOCTTY
76If set
77.Fn posix_openpt
78shall not cause the terminal device to become the controlling terminal
79for the process.
80.El
81.Pp
82The
83.Fn posix_openpt
84function shall fail when
85.Fa oflag
86contains other values.
87.Sh RETURN VALUES
88Upon successful completion, the
89.Fn posix_openpt
90function shall allocate a new pseudo-terminal device and return a
91non-negative integer representing a file descriptor, which is connected
92to its master device.
93Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
94.Sh ERRORS
95The
96.Fn posix_openpt
97function shall fail if:
98.Bl -tag -width Er
99.It Bq Er EMFILE
100The per-process descriptor table is full.
101.It Bq Er ENFILE
102The system file table is full.
103.It Bq Er EINVAL
104The value of
105.Fa oflag
106is not valid.
107.El
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr ptsname 3 ,
110.Xr pty 4 ,
111.Xr tty 4
112.Sh STANDARDS
113The
114.Fn posix_openpt
115function conforms to
116.St -p1003.1-2001 .
117.Sh HISTORY
118The
119.Fn posix_openpt
120function appeared in
121.Ox 5.3 .
122.Sh CAVEATS
123The flag
124.Dv O_NOCTTY
125is included for compatibility; in
126.Ox ,
127opening a terminal does not cause it to become a process's controlling
128terminal.