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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
- Subject: Re: pseudo-tty's -- info
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 04:37:55 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- References: <1992Nov16.005226.9079@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.005226.9079@cis.ohio-state.edu> mdm@stegosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Michael Moore) writes:
- > Could anyone recommend a good document or book which
- >explains the implementation of a pseudo-tty?
-
- Do you mean how they're implemented in the kernel, or how to implement
- programs that use them? The latter is the subject of an entire chapter in
- W. Richard Stevens's new book "Advanced Programming in the UNIX
- Environment".
-
- > Also, I recall
- >someone has written a program which will run a given command
- >with a pseudo-tty. Could anyone point me to its location?
-
- It's called "pty", and it should be on most large FTP archives. Check
- archie for specifics.
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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