From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B58C433E0 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:27:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63E220729 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:27:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726748AbgHJN1I convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:27:08 -0400 Received: from mx-relay84-hz1.antispameurope.com ([94.100.133.252]:49777 "EHLO mx-relay84-hz1.antispameurope.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726571AbgHJN1H (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:27:07 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 344 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:27:07 EDT Received: from smtpsrv2.fokus.fraunhofer.de ([195.37.77.176]) by mx-relay84-hz1.antispameurope.com; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:21:20 +0200 Received: from heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de (heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de [10.147.9.211]) by smtpsrv2.fokus.fraunhofer.de (8.14.7/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 07ADLEV4108883 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 bits=128 verify=FAIL); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:21:14 +0200 Received: from heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de (10.147.9.211) by heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de (10.147.9.211) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256) id 15.1.2044.4; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:20:50 +0200 Received: from kraxon (10.147.9.171) by heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de (10.147.9.211) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.1.2044.4 via Frontend Transport; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:20:44 +0200 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:20:45 +0200 From: Joerg Schilling To: , , CC: , , , , , , , , , Subject: Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX Message-ID: <5f3149ad.G/e/1Ac5SJF38sra%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <6425d636-7f48-3a73-ef0e-7bb5b991360c@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6425d636-7f48-3a73-ef0e-7bb5b991360c@gmail.com> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-KSE-ServerInfo: heisenberg.fokus.fraunhofer.de, 9 X-KSE-Antivirus-Interceptor-Info: scan successful X-KSE-Antivirus-Info: Clean, bases: 10.08.2020 08:22:00 X-KSE-Attachment-Filter-Triggered-Rules: Clean X-KSE-Attachment-Filter-Triggered-Filters: Clean X-KSE-BulkMessagesFiltering-Scan-Result: protection disabled X-cloud-security-sender: joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de X-cloud-security-recipient: linux-man@vger.kernel.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mx-relay84-hz1.antispameurope.com with 7E47F172009D X-cloud-security-connect: smtpsrv2.fokus.fraunhofer.de[195.37.77.176], TLS=1, IP=195.37.77.176 X-cloud-security: scantime:.4320 Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired > device files)? The Solaris man pty page since a really long time has this: By default, 48 pseudo-terminal pairs are configured as follows: /dev/pty[p-r][0-9a-f] controller devices /dev/tty[p-r][0-9a-f] slave devices so I would be OK with "controller" side and "terminal" side. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.net (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.org/private/ http://sf.net/projects/schilytools/files/'