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The forkpty() function shall find and open a pseudo-terminal device pair in the same manner as the openpty() function. If a pseudo-terminal is available, forkpty() shall create a new process in the same manner as the fork() function, and prepares the new process for login in the same manner as login_tty().
If termp is not null,
it shall refer to a termios
structure that shall be used
to initialize the characteristics of the slave device.
If winp is not null, it
shall refer to a winsize
structure used to
initialize the window size of the
slave device.
On success, the parent process shall return the process id of the child, and the
child shall return 0. On error, no new process shall be created, -1 shall be
returned, and errno
shall be set appropriately.
On success, the parent process shall receive the file descriptor of the master
side of the pseudo-terminal in the location referenced by
amaster, and, if name is
not NULL, the filename of the slave device in
name.
EAGAIN | Unable to create a new process. | |
ENOENT | There are no available pseudo-terminals. | |
ENOMEM | Insufficient memory was available. |
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