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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/getttyent.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/getttyent.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb7aacda --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/getttyent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: getttyent.3,v 1.21 2014/02/07 20:20:56 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)getttyent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd February 7, 2014 +.Dt GETTTYENT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getttyent , +.Nm getttynam , +.Nm setttyent , +.Nm setttyentpath , +.Nm endttyent +.Nd get ttys file entry +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In ttyent.h +.Ft struct ttyent * +.Fn getttyent void +.Ft struct ttyent * +.Fn getttynam "const char *name" +.Ft int +.Fn setttyent void +.Ft int +.Fn setttyentpath "const char *path" +.Ft int +.Fn endttyent void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getttyent , +and +.Fn getttynam +functions +each return a pointer to an object, with the following structure, +containing the broken-out fields of a line from the tty description +file. +.Bd -literal +struct ttyent { + char *ty_name; /* terminal device name */ + char *ty_getty; /* command to execute */ + char *ty_type; /* terminal type */ +#define TTY_ON 0x01 /* enable logins */ +#define TTY_SECURE 0x02 /* allow uid of 0 to login */ +#define TTY_LOCAL 0x04 /* set 'CLOCAL' on open (dev. specific) */ +#define TTY_RTSCTS 0x08 /* set 'CRTSCTS' on open (dev. specific) */ +#define TTY_SOFTCAR 0x10 /* ignore hardware carrier (dev. spec.) */ +#define TTY_MDMBUF 0x20 /* set 'MDMBUF' on open (dev. specific) */ +#define TTY_DTRCTS 0x40 /* set 'CDTRCTS' on open (dev. specific) */ + int ty_status; /* flag values */ + char *ty_window; /* command for window manager */ + char *ty_comment; /* comment field */ + char *ty_class; /* category of tty usage */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The fields are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width ty_comment +.It Fa ty_name +The name of the character-special file. +.It Fa ty_getty +The name of the command invoked by +.Xr init 8 +to initialize tty line characteristics. +.It Fa ty_type +The name of the default terminal type connected to this tty line. +.It Fa ty_status +A mask of bit fields which indicate various actions allowed on this +tty line. +The possible flags are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width TTY_SOFTCAR +.It Dv TTY_ON +Enables logins (i.e., +.Xr init 8 +will start the command referenced by +.Fa ty_getty +on this entry). +.It Dv TTY_SECURE +Allow users with a uid of 0 to login on this terminal. +.It Dv TTY_LOCAL +If the terminal port's driver supports it, cause the line +to be treated as ``local.'' +.It Dv TTY_MDMBUF +If the terminal port's driver supports it, use +DTR/DCD hardware flow control on the line by default. +.It Dv TTY_RTSCTS +If the terminal port's driver supports it, use +full-duplex RTS/CTS hardware flow control on the line +by default. +.It Dv TTY_SOFTCAR +If the terminal port's driver supports it, ignore hardware +carrier on the line. +.El +.It Fa ty_window +The command to execute for a window system associated with the line. +.It Fa ty_comment +Any trailing comment field, with any leading hash marks (``#'') or +whitespace removed. +.It Fa ty_class +A key indexing into a capfile style database (/etc/ttyclasses) +of attributes for this class of tty. +No attributes are currently defined or used, +so there are currently no functions to retrieve them. +.El +.Pp +If any of the fields pointing to character strings are unspecified, +they are returned as null pointers. +The field +.Fa ty_status +will be zero if no flag values are specified. +.Pp +See +.Xr ttys 5 +for a more complete discussion of the meaning and usage of the +fields. +.Pp +The +.Fn getttyent +function +reads the next line from the ttys file, opening the file if necessary. +The +.Fn setttyent +function +rewinds the file if open, or opens the file if it is unopened. +The +.Fn setttyentpath +function +is equivalent to +.Fn setttyent +but accepts an additional argument to read the ttys information from +an alternate file instead of the default location +.Pq defined in Dv _PATH_TTYS . +The +.Fn endttyent +function +closes any open files. +.Pp +The +.Fn getttynam +function +searches from the beginning of the file until a matching +.Fa name +is found +(or until +.Dv EOF +is encountered). +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The routines +.Fn getttyent +and +.Fn getttynam +return a null pointer on +.Dv EOF +or error. +The +.Fn setttyent +and +.Fn setttyentpath +functions +and +.Fn endttyent +return 0 on failure and 1 on success. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/ttys -compact +.It Pa /etc/ttys +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr login 1 , +.Xr ttyslot 3 , +.Xr capfile 5 , +.Xr gettytab 5 , +.Xr ttys 5 , +.Xr getty 8 , +.Xr init 8 , +.Xr ttyflags 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getttyent , +.Fn getttynam , +.Fn setttyent , +and +.Fn endttyent +functions appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . +The +.Fn setttyentpath +function appeared in +.Nx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +These functions use static data storage; +if the data is needed for future use, it should be +copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it. |
