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35.Dd April 19, 1991
36.Dt GETTTYENT 3
37.Os BSD 4.3
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm getttyent ,
40.Nm getttynam ,
41.Nm setttyent ,
42.Nm endttyent
43.Nd get ttys file entry
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <ttyent.h>
46.Ft struct ttyent *
47.Fn getttyent
48.Ft struct ttyent *
49.Fn getttynam "char *name"
50.Ft int
51.Fn setttyent void
52.Ft int
53.Fn endttyent void
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Fn getttyent ,
57and
58.Fn getttynam
59functions
60each return a pointer to an object, with the following structure,
61containing the broken-out fields of a line from the tty description
62file.
63.Bd -literal
64struct ttyent {
65	char	*ty_name;	/* terminal device name */
66	char	*ty_getty;	/* command to execute */
67	char	*ty_type;	/* terminal type */
68#define	TTY_ON		0x01	/* enable logins */
69#define	TTY_SECURE	0x02	/* allow uid of 0 to login */
70	int	ty_status;	/* flag values */
71	char	*ty_window;	/* command for window manager */
72	char	*ty_comment;	/* comment field */
73};
74.Ed
75.Pp
76The fields are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width ty_comment
78.It Fa ty_name
79The name of the character-special file.
80.It Fa ty_getty
81The name of the command invoked by
82.Xr init 8
83to initialize tty line characteristics.
84.It Fa ty_type
85The name of the default terminal type connected to this tty line.
86.It Fa ty_status
87A mask of bit fields which indicate various actions allowed on this
88tty line.
89The possible flags are as follows:
90.Bl -tag -width TTY_SECURE
91.It Dv TTY_ON
92Enables logins (i.e.,
93.Xr init 8
94will start the command referenced by
95.Fa ty_getty
96on this entry).
97.It Dv TTY_SECURE
98Allow users with a uid of 0 to login on this terminal.
99.El
100.It Fa ty_window
101The command to execute for a window system associated with the line.
102.It Fa ty_comment
103Any trailing comment field, with any leading hash marks (``#'') or
104whitespace removed.
105.El
106.Pp
107If any of the fields pointing to character strings are unspecified,
108they are returned as null pointers.
109The field
110.Fa ty_status
111will be zero if no flag values are specified.
112.Pp
113See
114.Xr ttys 5
115for a more complete discussion of the meaning and usage of the
116fields.
117.Pp
118The
119.Fn getttyent
120function
121reads the next line from the ttys file, opening the file if necessary.
122The
123.Fn setttyent
124function
125rewinds the file if open, or opens the file if it is unopened.
126The
127.Fn endttyent
128function
129closes any open files.
130.Pp
131The
132.Fn getttynam
133function
134searches from the beginning of the file until a matching
135.Fa name
136is found
137(or until
138.Dv EOF
139is encountered).
140.Sh RETURN VALUES
141The routines
142.Fn getttyent
143and
144.Fn getttynam
145return a null pointer on
146.Dv EOF
147or error.
148The
149.Fn setttyent
150function
151and
152.Fn endttyent
153return 0 on failure and 1 on success.
154.Sh FILES
155.Bl -tag -width /etc/ttys -compact
156.It Pa /etc/ttys
157.El
158.Sh SEE ALSO
159.Xr login 1 ,
160.Xr ttyslot 3 ,
161.Xr gettytab 5 ,
162.Xr termcap 5 ,
163.Xr ttys 5 ,
164.Xr getty 8 ,
165.Xr init 8
166.Sh HISTORY
167The
168.Fn getttyent ,
169.Fn getttynam ,
170.Fn setttyent ,
171and
172.Fn endttyent
173functions appeared in
174.Bx 4.3 .
175.Sh BUGS
176These functions use static data storage;
177if the data is needed for future use, it should be
178copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
179