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.