os.openpty() - os

             
The method openpty() opens a pseudo-terminal pair and returns a pair of file descriptors(master,slave) for the pty & the tty respectively.


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Syntax

os.openpty()

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os

# master for pty, slave for tty
m,s = os.openpty()

print m
print s

# showing terminal name
s = os.ttyname(s)
print m
print s

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


3
4
3
/dev/pty0

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