devc-pty

Pseudo-tty communications manager (QNX Neutrino)


Note: You must be root to start this manager.

Syntax:

devc-pty [options] &

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

-C size
Specify the size of the canonical buffer in bytes (default 256).
-I size
Size of input buffer in bytes (default 256).
-n numptys
Create numptys ptys (default 8).
-O size
Size of output buffer in bytes (default 3 × 512).
-o nodaemon
Don't call procmgr_daemon() to make the driver run in the background. Use this option if you need to know when the devc-pty device terminates.

Description:

The devc-pty manager is a small pseudo-tty manager for QNX Neutrino. It can support up to 256 ptys, using the naming scheme:

The master and slave device pair share the same letter and hexadecimal digit.

Examples:

Start devc-pty with 32 ptys:

devc-pty -n 32 &