problem about device file

lin.chen — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:10:52 GMT

Could you tell me what is the meaning about the following device file
ttyp8
pts/2
pts/ta <<
Regards,
louis

Re: problem about device file

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:33:15 GMT

Shalom Louis,

Both pts devices are terminal devices that can be used for telnet/ssh terminals.

Definitions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_terminal
http://www.stallion.com.au/html/download/svr_tty-README.txt

Probably better than my crude explanations.

Understanding Unix devices:
http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/devices.html

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