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Considering it a pipe is a very rough approximation, though. The only purpose of PTYs is to provide access to a TTY with all its bells and whistles (kernel prov
by arghwhat 9y ago
Considering it a pipe is a very rough approximation, though. The only purpose of PTYs is to provide access to a TTY with all its bells and whistles (kernel provided line editing, yay!) in a world without hard terminals.