Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Fri Jul 27 21:33:46 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/lib/libutil: openpty.3
Log Message:
mention PATH_MAX instead of 16.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
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Index: src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
diff -u src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.16 src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.17
--- src/lib/libutil/openpty.3:1.16 Fri Jul 27 14:22:04 2012
+++ src/lib/libutil/openpty.3 Fri Jul 27 17:33:46 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: openpty.3,v 1.16 2012/07/27 18:22:04 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: openpty.3,v 1.17 2012/07/27 21:33:46 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 July 22, 2012
+.Dd July 27, 2012
.Dt OPENPTY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -71,14 +71,16 @@ is non-null, the filename of the slave i
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.
+.Dv PATH_MAX
+as any other regular path name, so a buffer of this size should be used.
+.\" .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
