@node ptsname_r @subsection @code{ptsname_r} @findex ptsname_r Documentation: @itemize @item @ifinfo @ref{Allocation,,Allocating Pseudo-Terminals,libc}, @end ifinfo @ifnotinfo @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Allocation.html}, @end ifnotinfo @item @uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/ptsname_r.3.html,,man ptsname_r}. @end itemize Gnulib module: ptsname_r Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: Mac OS X 10.12, FreeBSD 12.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 6.7, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 1.7.9, mingw, MSVC 14. @item When this function fails, it returns -1 instead of the error code on some platforms: macOS 11.1, FreeBSD 13.0, Android 4.3. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item When this function fails, it returns 0 and stores an empty string as result on some platforms: Cygwin 2.9. @end itemize Note: Portable programs should expect to find the error code as the return value of this function, not as the value of @code{errno}. This is needed for compatibility with musl libc and with the forthcoming POSIX Issue 8.