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48.Dd February 5, 2022
49.Dt UNLOCKPT 3C
50.Os
51.Sh NAME
52.Nm unlockpt
53.Nd unlock a pseudo-terminal device pair
54.Sh SYNOPSIS
55.In stdlib.h
56.Ft int
57.Fo unlockpt
58.Fa "int fildes"
59.Fc
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61When a pseudo-terminal manager device is opened, whether through
62.Xr posix_openpt 3C
63or
64.Xr open 2
65on a
66.Xr ptm 7D
67device, the subsidiary device begins operation in a locked state.
68The
69.Fn unlockpt
70function unlocks the pseudo-terminal subsidiary device associated with the
71manager device to which
72.Fa fildes
73refers.
74.Pp
75Portable applications must call
76.Fn unlockpt
77before opening the pseudo-terminal subsidiary device.
78.Sh RETURN VALUES
79.Rv -std unlockpt
80.Sh EXAMPLES
81See
82.Xr posix_openpt 3C
83for an example that includes a call to
84.Fn unlockpt .
85.Sh ERRORS
86The
87.Fn unlockpt
88function may fail if:
89.Bl -tag -width Er
90.It Er EBADF
91The
92.Fa fildes
93argument is not a file descriptor open for writing.
94.It Er EINVAL
95EINVAL
96The
97.Fa fildes
98argument is not associated with a pseudo-terminal manager device.
99.El
100.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
101.Sy Committed
102.Sh MT LEVEL
103.Sy Safe
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr open 2 ,
106.Xr grantpt 3C ,
107.Xr posix_openpt 3C ,
108.Xr ptsname 3C ,
109.Xr attributes 5 ,
110.Xr standards 5 ,
111.Xr ptm 7D
112