From 8a46c08a2a47e0e6106013d722a8f8f93e09dcab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Somers Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 22:40:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] pty.3: Add a HISTORY section These functions were first added in 4.3 BSD-Reno, according to http://unix.superglobalmegacorp.com/ and the CSRG svn repository. Reviewed by: bcr, bjk MFC after: 2 weeks Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15652 --- lib/libutil/pty.3 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/libutil/pty.3 b/lib/libutil/pty.3 index 0f06cc17811e..c676447d20e4 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/pty.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/pty.3 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" " -.Dd November 11, 2015 +.Dd June 2, 2018 .Dt PTY 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -143,3 +143,18 @@ may set it to any value as described for .Xr pty 4 , .Xr termios 4 , .Xr group 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn openpty +and +.Fn forkpty +functions first appeared in +.Bx 4.3 Reno. +.Sh BUGS +.Fn openpty +writes the slave terminal's name to +.Fa name , +but does not check that sufficient space is available. +It is advisable to use +.Xr ptsname 3 +instead.