unlockpt

NAME

unlockpt - unlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair

SYNOPSIS

#define _XOPEN_SOURCE

#include <stdlib.h> I int unlockpt(int fd );

DESCRIPTION

The R unlockpt () function unlocks the slave pseudo-terminal device (pty) corresponding to the master pty referred to by R fd .
R unlockpt () should be called before opening the slave side of a pty.

RETURN VALUE

When successful, R 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 pty.

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001.

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