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+<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> &#x2014; <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>