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<span class="headline">PTSNAME(3P)               POSIX Programmer's Manual              PTSNAME(3P)</span>
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       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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<h2><a id="NAME" href="ptsname.3p.html#NAME"></a>NAME  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="ptsname.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       ptsname — get name of the slave pseudo-terminal device
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       #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

       char *ptsname(int <i>fildes</i>);
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       The <i>ptsname</i>() function shall return the name of the slave pseudo-
       terminal device associated with a master pseudo-terminal device. The
       <i>fildes</i> argument is a file descriptor that refers to the master
       device. The <i>ptsname</i>() function shall return a pointer to a string
       containing the pathname of the corresponding slave device.

       The <i>ptsname</i>() function need not be thread-safe.
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       Upon successful completion, <i>ptsname</i>() shall return a pointer to a
       string which is the name of the pseudo-terminal slave device. Upon
       failure, <i>ptsname</i>() shall return a null pointer. This could occur if
       <i>fildes</i> is an invalid file descriptor or if the slave device name does
       not exist in the file system.

       The application shall not modify the string returned. The returned
       pointer might be invalidated or the string content might be
       overwritten by a subsequent call to <i>ptsname</i>().
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       No errors are defined.

       <i>The following sections are informative.</i>
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<h2><a id="EXAMPLES" href="ptsname.3p.html#EXAMPLES"></a>EXAMPLES  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="ptsname.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       None.
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<h2><a id="APPLICATION_USAGE" href="ptsname.3p.html#APPLICATION_USAGE"></a>APPLICATION USAGE  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="ptsname.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       None.
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       See the RATIONALE section for <a href="posix_openpt.3p.html">posix_openpt(3p)</a>.
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       None.
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<h2><a id="SEE_ALSO" href="ptsname.3p.html#SEE_ALSO"></a>SEE ALSO  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="ptsname.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       <a href="grantpt.3p.html">grantpt(3p)</a>, <a href="open.3p.html">open(3p)</a>, <a href="posix_openpt.3p.html">posix_openpt(3p)</a>, <a href="ttyname.3p.html">ttyname(3p)</a>, <a href="unlockpt.3p.html">unlockpt(3p)</a>

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <a href="../man0/stdlib.h.0p.html">stdlib.h(0p)</a>
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       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at <a href="http://www.unix.org/online.html">http://www.unix.org/online.html</a> .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html</a> .

<span class="footline">IEEE/The Open Group                 2013                         PTSNAME(3P)</span>
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