unlockpt man page on Minix

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UNLOCKPT(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		   UNLOCKPT(3)

NAME
     unlockpt — unlock the slave pseudo-terminal device

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     int
     unlockpt(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION
     The unlockpt() unlocks access to the pseudo-terminal device corresponding
     to the master pseudo-terminal device associated with fildes.  Conforming
     applications must call this function before opening the slave pseudo-ter‐
     minal device.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, unlockpt() returns 0; otherwise a value of -1 is returned
     and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The unlockpt() function will fail if:

     [EACCESS]		the corresponding pseudo-terminal device could not be
			accessed.

     [EBADF]		fildes is not a valid descriptor.

     [EINVAL]		fildes is not associated with a master pseudo-terminal
			device.

NOTES
     In NetBSD unlockpt() does nothing.

SEE ALSO
     ioctl(2), grantpt(3), posix_openpt(3), ptsname(3)

STANDARDS
     The unlockpt() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).
     Its first release was in X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2
     (“XPG4.2”).

BSD				 May 25, 2004				   BSD

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