NAME
mount_ptyfs
—
mount the /dev/pts file
system
SYNOPSIS
mount_ptyfs |
[-g group|gid]
[-m mode]
[-o options]
ptyfs mount_point |
DESCRIPTION
Themount_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 aregroup
which corresponds to-g
, andmode
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
HISTORY
The mount_ptyfs
utility first appeared in
NetBSD 3.0.