Right, well, I suppose I should answer my own question now that I've got the answer. It's a new-fangled way to do pseudo-terminals without having to search through the individual pseudo terminals to find one that's available. It's used with /dev/ptmx. Both of these are now pretty much hidden behind openpty, however, which can take care of that sort of stuff for you for the most part. I found all this out by searching for ptmx, which is much less common a letter combination than pts, and therefore only gave relevant results. Does anyone have a good source for *detailed* information on the /dev directory? Even the kernel documentation was only of limited help. Dave On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 JERRY_GREGORY at udlp.com wrote: > I don't know where you can get info on what it is, BUT I can tell you how I use > it. I use pts-redir to redirect a ppp session to an ssh tunnel, thus creating a > VPN link. It's documented on linuxdoc.org in the VPN-HOWTO. (pty-redir for > previous releases was replaced by pty-redir in RH 7.0). > > Jerry G. > jerryg at msplink.com > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Subject: [TCLUG-DEVEL] /dev/pts > Author: David Christian <dchristian at macalester.edu> > Date: 4/21/2001 11:28 AM > > Does anyone know where I can get some good information on /dev/pts? > > I know it does something with pseudo terminals but I don't quite > understand it... > > Thanks, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-devel mailing list > tclug-devel at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-devel > Received: from portal.udlp.com ([10.1.1.245]) by ccmail.udlp.com with SMTP > (IMA Internet Exchange 3.14) id 005EBE93; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:31:53 -0500 > Received: from portal.udlp.com (root at localhost) > by portal.udlp.com with ESMTP id LAA14013 > for <jerry_gregory at udlp.com>; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:32:37 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from borabora.msplink.com (msp-65-25-243-58.mn.rr.com [65.25.243.58]) > by portal.udlp.com with ESMTP id LAA14009 > for <jerry_gregory at udlp.com>; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:32:36 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from sprite.real-time.com > (IDENT:PcYAJnHhq1SPBDUOZ+QQbyHDi7fvoZC2 at lists.real-time.com [206.10.253.8]) > by borabora.msplink.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f3LGWY009560 > for <jerryg at msplink.com>; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:32:34 -0500 > Received: from sprite.real-time.com > (IDENT:HVRaKrHajCUdMCavt5t2NtyRuHaRxrJ6 at localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) > by sprite.real-time.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3LGUBt25054; > Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:30:11 -0500 > Received: from apollo.cc.macalester.edu (apollo.cc.macalester.edu [141.140.1.2]) > by sprite.real-time.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f3LGT1t25024 > for <tclug-devel at mn-linux.org>; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:29:02 -0500 > Received: from macalester.edu by macalester.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #38670) > id <01K2NRN9CA4A000EWE at macalester.edu> for tclug-devel at mn-linux.org; Sat, > 21 Apr 2001 11:28:38 CDT > From: David Christian <dchristian at macalester.edu> > To: tclug-devel at mn-linux.org > Message-id: <Pine.PMDF.3.96.1010421112750.19310C-100000 at macalester.edu> > MIME-version: 1.0 > Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Subject: [TCLUG-DEVEL] /dev/pts > Sender: tclug-devel-admin at mn-linux.org > Errors-To: tclug-devel-admin at mn-linux.org > X-BeenThere: tclug-devel at mn-linux.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.3 > Precedence: bulk > List-Help: <mailto:tclug-devel-request at mn-linux.org?subject=help> > List-Post: <mailto:tclug-devel at mn-linux.org> > List-Subscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-devel>, > <mailto:tclug-devel-request at mn-linux.org?subject=subscribe> > List-Id: Discussion of development issues specific to linux > <tclug-devel.mn-linux.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-devel>, > <mailto:tclug-devel-request at mn-linux.org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <https://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-devel/> > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:28:38 -0500 (CDT) >