NAME
mount_ptyfs —
mount the /dev/pts file
system
SYNOPSIS
mount_ptyfs |
[-g
group|gid]
[-m mode]
[-o
options] ptyfs
mount_point |
DESCRIPTION
The
mount_ptyfs command attaches an instance of the
pseudo-terminal device filesystem to the global filesystem namespace. The
conventional mount point is
/dev/pts. The directory
specified by
mount_point is converted to an absolute
path before use. This command is normally executed by
mount(8) at boot time.
The filesystem contains pseudo-terminal slave device nodes which are allocated
dynamically via
ptm(4).
The options are as follows:
-
-
- -g
group|gid
- Specify the group ownership of the slave pseudo-tty.
-
-
- -m
mode
- Specify the default mode of the slave
pseudo-tty.
-
-
- -o
- Options are specified with a -o flag
followed by a comma separated string of options.
mount_ptyfs specific options are
group
which corresponds to -g,
and mode
which corresponds to
-m. See the
mount(8) man page for
possible options and their meanings.
FILES
- n
- The nth pseudo-terminal device in use.
SEE ALSO
mount(2),
unmount(2),
ptm(4),
fstab(5),
mount(8)
HISTORY
The
mount_ptyfs utility first appeared in
NetBSD 3.0.