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:mod:`pty` --- Pseudo-terminal utilities
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.. module:: pty
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:platform: IRIX, Linux
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:synopsis: Pseudo-Terminal Handling for SGI and Linux.
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.. moduleauthor:: Steen Lumholt
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.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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The :mod:`pty` module defines operations for handling the pseudo-terminal
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concept: starting another process and being able to write to and read from its
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controlling terminal programmatically.
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Because pseudo-terminal handling is highly platform dependant, there is code to
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do it only for SGI and Linux. (The Linux code is supposed to work on other
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platforms, but hasn't been tested yet.)
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The :mod:`pty` module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: fork()
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Fork. Connect the child's controlling terminal to a pseudo-terminal. Return
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value is ``(pid, fd)``. Note that the child gets *pid* 0, and the *fd* is
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*invalid*. The parent's return value is the *pid* of the child, and *fd* is a
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file descriptor connected to the child's controlling terminal (and also to the
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child's standard input and output).
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.. function:: openpty()
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Open a new pseudo-terminal pair, using :func:`os.openpty` if possible, or
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emulation code for SGI and generic Unix systems. Return a pair of file
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descriptors ``(master, slave)``, for the master and the slave end, respectively.
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.. function:: spawn(argv[, master_read[, stdin_read]])
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Spawn a process, and connect its controlling terminal with the current
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process's standard io. This is often used to baffle programs which insist on
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reading from the controlling terminal.
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The functions *master_read* and *stdin_read* should be functions which read from
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a file-descriptor. The defaults try to read 1024 bytes each time they are
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called.
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