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DateFri, 20 Mar 1998 19:58:37 +0100
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: dynamic pty driver...
Hi!

> No chowning or anything else necessary since the slave tty doesn't actually
> exist in the filesystem...the master can only be opened once so it doesn't
> matter that subsequent /dev/dpty opens get different masters.  Only real
> problem is that there's no file for the slave pty, meaning that the
> program

Are you sure?

You want terminals to have names, even those allocated by screen
etc. You need who to print something. And for write (1) & talk, you
need name so you can open it.

								Pavel

-- 
I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. 	   Pavel
Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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