unlockpt(3) - phpMan

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 corre-
       sponding to the master pseudoterminal referred to by fd.
       unlockpt() should be called before opening the slave side  of  a  pseu-
       doterminal.
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
       This page is part of release 3.53 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/.

                                  2008-06-14                       UNLOCKPT(3)