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From: Darren New
Date: 8 Oct 2011 00:32:27
Message: <4e8fd25b@news.povray.org>

On 10/7/2011 20:50, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:42:39 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>
>> On 10/7/2011 12:15, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Oh, right. I thought that refers only to when you run an X application
>>>> that emulates a terminal in a window.
>>>
>>> That's technically called a 'pseudoterminal' - pts.  "man pts" is
>>> interesting reading, if you like that sort of thing.
>>
>> No, that's an xterminal or a terminal window. A pts (actually, ptty) is
>> a device driver that isn't a terminal but exposes the same ioctls as a
>> terminal (and in particular can belong to a process group). Because UNIX
>> never figured out the concept of a "login".
>>
>> Unless a pts is different from a ptty?
>
> When not logged in on my console or terminals, typing 'who' gets the
> following result:
>
> jhenderson :0           2011-09-08 16:21 (console)
> jhenderson console      2011-09-08 16:21 (:0)
> jhenderson pts/1        2011-10-06 13:25

OK. "pts" is the new abbreviation for "ptty".

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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