pty/pty_fork.h

This is pty/pty_fork.h, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is the header file for pty_fork.c (Listing 64-2, page 1386).

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/* pty_fork.h

   Header file for pty_fork.c.
*/
#ifndef FORK_PTY_H
#define FORK_PTY_H

#include <termios.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

pid_t ptyFork(int *masterFd, char *slaveName, size_t snLen,
        const struct termios *slaveTermios, const struct winsize *slaveWS);

#endif

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