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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/pty.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/pty.4 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index d97572d6..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man4/pty.4 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">PTY(4)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">PTY(4)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">pty</code> — <span class="Nd">old-style - compatibility pseudo-terminal driver</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">device pty</code></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">pty</code> driver provides support for the - traditional BSD naming scheme that was used for accessing pseudo-terminals - before it was replaced by <a class="Xr">pts(4)</a>. This traditional naming - is still used in Linux. When the device <span class="Pa">/dev/ptyXX</span> - is being opened, a new terminal shall be created with the - <a class="Xr">pts(4)</a> driver. A device node for this terminal shall be - created, which has the name <span class="Pa">/dev/ttyXX</span>.</p> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">pty</code> driver also provides a cloning - System V <span class="Pa">/dev/ptmx</span> device.</p> -<p class="Pp">New code should not try to allocate pseudo-terminals using this - interface. It is only provided for compatibility with older C libraries that - tried to open such devices when <a class="Xr">posix_openpt(2)</a> was being - called, and for running Linux binaries.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The BSD-style compatibility pseudo-terminal driver uses the - following device names:</p> -<dl class="Bl-tag"> - <dt><span class="Pa">/dev/pty[l-sL-S][0-9a-v]</span></dt> - <dd>Pseudo-terminal master devices.</dd> - <dt><span class="Pa">/dev/tty[l-sL-S][0-9a-v]</span></dt> - <dd>Pseudo-terminal slave devices.</dd> - <dt><span class="Pa">/dev/ptmx</span></dt> - <dd>Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master pseudo-terminal - when opened.</dd> -</dl> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DIAGNOSTICS"><a class="permalink" href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">None.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">posix_openpt(2)</a>, <a class="Xr">pts(4)</a>, - <a class="Xr">tty(4)</a></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">A pseudo-terminal driver appeared in - <span class="Ux">4.2BSD</span>.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">Unlike previous implementations, the master and slave device nodes - are destroyed when the PTY becomes unused. A call to - <a class="Xr">stat(2)</a> on a nonexistent master device will already cause - a new master device node to be created. The master device can only be - destroyed by opening and closing it.</p> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">pty</code> driver cannot be unloaded, because - it cannot determine if it is being used.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">October 28, 2019</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |
