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Date:      Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:30:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r194536 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <200906201630.n5KGUWK7080825@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: ed
Date: Sat Jun 20 16:30:32 2009
New Revision: 194536
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/194536

Log:
  Improve sentence and add reference to openpty(3). Add missing newlines.

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/pts.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/pts.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/pts.4	Sat Jun 20 15:58:23 2009	(r194535)
+++ head/share/man/man4/pts.4	Sat Jun 20 16:30:32 2009	(r194536)
@@ -148,11 +148,14 @@ pseudo-terminals implementation are:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/pts/[num]"
 .It Pa /dev/ptmx
-Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master pseudo-terminal
-when opened. This device should not be opened directly. It's only
-available for binary compatibility. New devices should only be created
-though
-.Xr posix_openpt 2 .
+Control device, returns a file descriptor to a new master
+pseudo-terminal when opened.
+This device should not be opened directly.
+It's only available for binary compatibility.
+New devices should only be allocated with
+.Xr posix_openpt 2
+and
+.Xr openpty 3 .
 .It Pa /dev/pts/[num]
 Pseudo-terminal slave devices.
 .El



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