pty

rlwrap: Could not open master pty: No such file or directory

When trying to run rlwrap tclsh I am getting this error message: rlwrap: Could not open master pty: No such file or directory What causes this? How to fix this issue? P.S. I am running 64 bit CentOS. ...

C/Linux Programming: Pseudo-Terminals: how to redirect from current stdio to pty and redirect back after usage

Hi! I'm trying to create a simple remote management program where a user can connect to my little device and "take over" the current stdio of the system. For example: System boots with console=serial port --> client connects, redirect input/output to the socket I have already accomplished the redirection to network part (by reading th...

python pty.fork - how does it work

http://docs.python.org/library/pty.html says - pty.fork()¶ Fork. Connect the child’s controlling terminal to a pseudo-terminal. Return value is (pid, fd). Note that the child gets pid 0, and the fd is invalid. The parent’s return value is the pid of the child, and fd is a file descriptor connected to the child’s controlling te...