Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Mon Jul 23 02:21:14 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/lib/libutil: openpty.3
Log Message:
Mention how big the name can be.
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Index: src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
diff -u src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.14 src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.15
--- src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.14 Fri Nov 28 02:17:17 2008
+++ src/lib/libutil/openpty.3 Sun Jul 22 22:21:14 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: openpty.3,v 1.14 2008/11/28 07:17:17 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: openpty.3,v 1.15 2012/07/23 02:21:14 christos Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd November 28, 2008
+.Dd July 22, 2012
.Dt OPENPTY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ If
.Fa name
is non-null, the filename of the slave is returned in
.Fa name .
+The length of
+.Fa name
+is limited to
+.Dv 16
+characters in the current
+.Xr ptm 4
+device driver (including the terminating
+.Dv NUL )
+which limits the maximum to
+.Dv 100,000
+ptys.
If
.Fa termp
is non-null, the terminal parameters of the slave will be set to the
