PTSNAME(3)                                          Linux Programmer's Manual                                         PTSNAME(3)



NAME
       ptsname, ptsname_r - get the name of the slave pseudo-terminal

SYNOPSIS
       #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
       #include <stdlib.h>

       char *ptsname(int fd);

       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <stdlib.h>

       int ptsname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);

DESCRIPTION
       The ptsname() function returns the name of the slave pseudo-terminal (pty) device corresponding to the master referred to
       by fd.

       The ptsname_r() function is the reentrant equivalent of ptsname().  It returns the  name  of  the  slave  pseudo-terminal
       device  as  a  null-terminated string in the buffer pointed to by buf.  The buflen argument specifies the number of bytes
       available in buf.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, ptsname() returns a pointer to a string in static storage which will  be  overwritten  by  subsequent  calls.
       This pointer must not be freed.  On failure, a NULL pointer is returned.

       On success, ptsname_r() returns 0.  On failure, a nonzero value is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       EINVAL (ptsname_r() only) buf is NULL.

       ENOTTY fd does not refer to a pseudo-terminal master device.

       ERANGE (ptsname_r() only) buf is too small.

VERSIONS
       ptsname() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO
       ptsname() is part of the Unix98 pseudo-terminal support (see pts(4)).  This function is specified in POSIX.1-2001.

       ptsname_r()  is a Linux extension.  A version of this function is documented on Tru64 and HP-UX, but on those implementa-
       tions, -1 is returned on error, with errno set to indicate the error.  Avoid using this function in portable programs.

SEE ALSO
       grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), ttyname(3), unlockpt(3), pts(4), feature_test_macros(7), pty(7)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project,  and  information  about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



                                                           2008-09-03                                                 PTSNAME(3)