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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/ptm.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/ptm.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/ptm.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d53eb517 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/ptm.4 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: ptm.4,v 1.8 2013/12/01 00:17:14 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Thomas Klausner +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.Dd November 30, 2013 +.Dt PTM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ptm +.Nd pseudo-terminal multiplexor device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd pseudo-device pty +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver is the backend for the +.Pa /dev/ptm +device. +It supports three +.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s . +The first is +.Dv TIOCPTMGET , +which allocates a free pseudo-terminal device, sets its user ID to +the calling user, +.Xr revoke 2 Ns s +it, and returns the opened file descriptors for both the master +and the slave pseudo-terminal device to the caller in a +.Va struct ptmget . +This struct has the following content: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct ptmget { + int cfd; + int sfd; + char cn[PATH_MAX]; + char sn[PATH_MAX]; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +where +.Va cfd +and +.Va sfd +contain the master resp. slave device's file descriptor and +.Va cn +and +.Va sn +the corresponding paths in the file system. +.Pp +The +.Pa /dev/ptmx +device supports two more +.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s , +.Dv TIOCGRANTPT , +which is used by +.Xr grantpt 3 , +.Dv TIOCPTSNAME , +which is used by +.Xr ptsname 3 . +.Pp +The +.Nm +device is included with the pseudo-device +.Xr pty 4 . +It can be disabled by adding +.Dq Cd options NO_DEV_PTM +to the kernel configuration. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag +.It Pa /dev/ptm +.Nm +access device +.It Pa /dev/ptmx +.Nm +cloning device, used to implement Unix98 ptys +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr grantpt 3 , +.Xr openpty 3 , +.Xr posix_openpt 3 , +.Xr ptsname 3 , +.Xr unlockpt 3 , +.Xr pty 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Pa /dev/ptm +device appeared in +.Ox 3.5 +and was ported to +.Nx 3.0 . |
