NAME

ptsname, ptsname_r - get the name of the slave pseudoterminal

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>
char *ptsname(int fd);
int ptsname_r(int fd, char buf[.buflen], size_t buflen);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

ptsname():

    Since glibc 2.24:
        _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
    glibc 2.23 and earlier:
        _XOPEN_SOURCE

ptsname_r():

    _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

The ptsname() function returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal device corresponding to the master referred to by the file descriptor fd.

The ptsname_r() function is the reentrant equivalent of ptsname(). It returns the name of the slave pseudoterminal 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, NULL is returned.

On success, ptsname_r() returns 0. On failure, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

EINVAL: (ptsname_r() only) buf is NULL. (This error is returned only for glibc 2.25 and earlier.)
ENOTTY: fd does not refer to a pseudoterminal master device.
ERANGE: (ptsname_r() only) buf is too small.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
ptsname()	Thread safety	MT-Unsafe race:ptsname
ptsname_r()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

VERSIONS

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

STANDARDS

ptsname():: POSIX.1-2008.

ptsname_r() is a Linux extension, that is proposed for inclusion in the next major revision of POSIX.1 (Issue 8).

HISTORY

ptsname():: POSIX.1-2001. glibc 2.1.

ptsname() is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see pts(4)).