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NAME
       unlockpt — unlock a pseudo-terminal master/slave pair


SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       int unlockpt(int fildes);


DESCRIPTION
       The unlockpt() function shall unlock the slave pseudo-terminal device associated with the master to which
       fildes refers.

       Conforming applications shall ensure that they call unlockpt() before opening the slave side of a pseudo-
       terminal device.


RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful  completion,  unlockpt()  shall return 0. Otherwise, it shall return −1 and set errno to
       indicate the error.


ERRORS
       The unlockpt() function may fail if:

       EBADF  The fildes argument is not a file descriptor open for writing.

       EINVAL The fildes argument is not associated with a master pseudo-terminal device.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       None.


RATIONALE
       See the RATIONALE section for posix_openpt().


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       grantpt(), open(), posix_openpt(), ptsname()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdlib.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard  for  Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,  Inc
       and  The  Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event
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