1 2 :mod:`pty` --- Pseudo-terminal utilities 3 ======================================== 4 5 .. module:: pty 6 :platform: Linux 7 :synopsis: Pseudo-Terminal Handling for Linux. 8 .. moduleauthor:: Steen Lumholt 9 .. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez (a] zadka.site.co.il> 10 11 12 The :mod:`pty` module defines operations for handling the pseudo-terminal 13 concept: starting another process and being able to write to and read from its 14 controlling terminal programmatically. 15 16 Because pseudo-terminal handling is highly platform dependent, there is code to 17 do it only for Linux. (The Linux code is supposed to work on other platforms, 18 but hasn't been tested yet.) 19 20 The :mod:`pty` module defines the following functions: 21 22 23 .. function:: fork() 24 25 Fork. Connect the child's controlling terminal to a pseudo-terminal. Return 26 value is ``(pid, fd)``. Note that the child gets *pid* 0, and the *fd* is 27 *invalid*. The parent's return value is the *pid* of the child, and *fd* is a 28 file descriptor connected to the child's controlling terminal (and also to the 29 child's standard input and output). 30 31 32 .. function:: openpty() 33 34 Open a new pseudo-terminal pair, using :func:`os.openpty` if possible, or 35 emulation code for generic Unix systems. Return a pair of file descriptors 36 ``(master, slave)``, for the master and the slave end, respectively. 37 38 39 .. function:: spawn(argv[, master_read[, stdin_read]]) 40 41 Spawn a process, and connect its controlling terminal with the current 42 process's standard io. This is often used to baffle programs which insist on 43 reading from the controlling terminal. 44 45 The functions *master_read* and *stdin_read* should be functions which read from 46 a file descriptor. The defaults try to read 1024 bytes each time they are 47 called. 48 49
