PTOPEN(3) PTOPEN(3) NAME ptopen - find and open a pseudo-terminal file SYNOPSIS int ptopen (name) char *name; DESCRIPTION Ptopen searches for a pseudo-terminal file pair it can open. If successful, it returns a file descriptor for the odd- numbered member of the pair, and places the name of the even-numbered member in name. There must be enough room in name to contain the full pathname. If unsuccessful, ptopen returns a negative value. SEE ALSO pt(4)