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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-07-29 08:42:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-07-29 11:17:11 +0200 |
| commit | 8931e190a92c54c7c884d83068f693c18da674a4 (patch) | |
| tree | a4cae809b343d4847fea3af7811f806068c80ad6 | |
| parent | 7f9cf518028e511c7b57910f3e67ab3f8d091f75 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-8931e190a92c54c7c884d83068f693c18da674a4.tar.gz | |
pty.7: Relocate a paragraph to NOTES
The paragraph noting applications that use pseudoterminals is better
placed in NOTES than in the DESCRTIPTION.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/pty.7 | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man7/pty.7 b/man7/pty.7 index d221c41a71..f321b9395d 100644 --- a/man7/pty.7 +++ b/man7/pty.7 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ One end of the channel is called the .IR master ; the other end is called the .IR slave . +.PP The slave end of the pseudoterminal provides an interface that behaves exactly like a classical terminal. A process that expects to be connected to a terminal, @@ -48,16 +49,6 @@ that is connected to the slave. Conversely, anything that is written to the slave end of the pseudoterminal can be read by the process that is connected to the master end. -Pseudoterminals are used by applications such as network login services -.RB ( ssh "(1), " rlogin "(1), " telnet (1)), -terminal emulators such as -.BR xterm (1), -.BR script (1), -.BR screen (1), -.BR tmux (1), -.BR unbuffer (1), -and -.BR expect (1). .PP Data flow between master and slave is handled asynchronously, much like data flow with a physical terminal. @@ -145,6 +136,17 @@ BSD master devices .I /dev/tty[p\-za\-e][0\-9a\-f] BSD slave devices .SH NOTES +Pseudoterminals are used by applications such as network login services +.RB ( ssh "(1), " rlogin "(1), " telnet (1)), +terminal emulators such as +.BR xterm (1), +.BR script (1), +.BR screen (1), +.BR tmux (1), +.BR unbuffer (1), +and +.BR expect (1). +.PP A description of the .B TIOCPKT .BR ioctl (2), |