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

NAME

unlockpt - unlock a pseudoterminal master/slave pair

SYNOPSIS


#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
 
#include
<stdlib.h>
 

int unlockpt(int fd );

DESCRIPTION

The unlockpt() function unlocks the slave pseudoterminal device corresponding to the master pseudoterminal referred to by fd.

unlockpt() should be called before opening the slave side of a pseudoterminal.

RETURN VALUE

When successful, unlockpt() returns 0. Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno appropriately.

ERRORS

EBADF
The fd argument is not a file descriptor open for writing.
EINVAL
The fd argument is not associated with a master pseudoterminal.

VERSIONS

unlockpt() is provided in glibc since version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), ptsname(3), pts(4), pty(7)

COLOPHON

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2008-06-14