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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-22 22:47:15 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-22 22:47:15 +0000
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@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ getpt \- open the pseudo-terminal master (PTM)
.BR getpt ()
opens a pseudo-terminal master and returns its file descriptor.
It is equivalent to
-.BI "open(" \fI"/dev/ptmx" , O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY )
+.nf
+
+ open(/dev/ptmx, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+
+.fi
on Linux systems, though the pseudo-terminal master is located
elsewhere on some systems that use GNU Libc.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"