How to use /dev/ptmx multiplexor pipes/ptys

John G. De Armond jgd at rsiatl.UUCP
Fri Feb 2 20:47:36 AEST 1990


pcg at aber-cs.UUCP (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:

>I have received some request some time ago for an idea of how
>to use the /dev/ptmx device.

>There is a virtually undocumented library, /usr/lib/libpt.a,
>that deals with such entities. I believe that it is essentially
>the code below.


Thanks a bunch for the code.  could you point us toward whatever 
documentation is available on the pty library?  Much appreciated.


John


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