Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:44:05 +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: r202930 - head/lib/libc/gen Message-ID: <201001241444.o0OEi5uH058170@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ed Date: Sun Jan 24 14:44:05 2010 New Revision: 202930 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/202930 Log: Improve the ttyname(3) manual page. - Remove unrelated references to tty(5). - Remove unneeded relation with FILE *. - Add better cross references. Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 Sun Jan 24 14:30:57 2010 (r202929) +++ head/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 Sun Jan 24 14:44:05 2010 (r202930) @@ -47,19 +47,7 @@ .Ft int .Fn isatty "int fd" .Sh DESCRIPTION -These functions operate on the system file descriptors for terminal -type devices. -These descriptors are not related to the standard -.Tn I/O -.Dv FILE -typedef, but refer to the special device files found in -.Pa /dev -and for which an entry exists -in the initialization file -.Pa /etc/ttys -or pseudo-terminals. -(See -.Xr ttys 5 . ) +These functions operate on file descriptors for terminal type devices. .Pp The .Fn isatty @@ -100,11 +88,6 @@ The .Fn ttyname_r function returns 0 if successful. Otherwise an error number is returned. -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/ttys" -compact -.It Pa /dev/\(** -.It Pa /etc/ttys -.El .Sh ERRORS The .Fn ttyname_r @@ -122,8 +105,10 @@ argument is smaller than the length of the string to be returned. .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ioctl 2 , -.Xr ttys 5 +.Xr fdevname 3 , +.Xr ptsname 3 , +.Xr tcgetattr 3 , +.Xr tty 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn isatty
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