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.. module:: pty
- :platform: IRIX, Linux
- :synopsis: Pseudo-Terminal Handling for SGI and Linux.
+ :platform: Linux
+ :synopsis: Pseudo-Terminal Handling for Linux.
.. moduleauthor:: Steen Lumholt
.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
controlling terminal programmatically.
Because pseudo-terminal handling is highly platform dependent, there is code to
-do it only for SGI and Linux. (The Linux code is supposed to work on other
-platforms, but hasn't been tested yet.)
+do it only for Linux. (The Linux code is supposed to work on other platforms,
+but hasn't been tested yet.)
The :mod:`pty` module defines the following functions:
.. function:: openpty()
Open a new pseudo-terminal pair, using :func:`os.openpty` if possible, or
- emulation code for SGI and generic Unix systems. Return a pair of file
- descriptors ``(master, slave)``, for the master and the slave end, respectively.
+ emulation code for generic Unix systems. Return a pair of file descriptors
+ ``(master, slave)``, for the master and the slave end, respectively.
.. function:: spawn(argv[, master_read[, stdin_read]])