package pty import ( "errors" "os" "syscall" "unsafe" ) func open() (pty, tty *os.File, err error) { p, err := os.OpenFile("/dev/ptmx", os.O_RDWR, 0) if err != nil { return nil, nil, err } // In case of error after this point, make sure we close the ptmx fd. defer func() { if err != nil { _ = p.Close() // Best effort. } }() sname, err := ptsname(p) if err != nil { return nil, nil, err } if err := grantpt(p); err != nil { return nil, nil, err } // In NetBSD unlockpt() does nothing, so it isn't called here. t, err := os.OpenFile(sname, os.O_RDWR|syscall.O_NOCTTY, 0) if err != nil { return nil, nil, err } return p, t, nil } func ptsname(f *os.File) (string, error) { /* * from ptsname(3): The ptsname() function is equivalent to: * struct ptmget pm; * ioctl(fd, TIOCPTSNAME, &pm) == -1 ? NULL : pm.sn; */ var ptm ptmget if err := ioctl(f.Fd(), uintptr(ioctl_TIOCPTSNAME), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ptm))); err != nil { return "", err } name := make([]byte, len(ptm.Sn)) for i, c := range ptm.Sn { name[i] = byte(c) if c == 0 { return string(name[:i]), nil } } return "", errors.New("TIOCPTSNAME string not NUL-terminated") } func grantpt(f *os.File) error { /* * from grantpt(3): Calling grantpt() is equivalent to: * ioctl(fd, TIOCGRANTPT, 0); */ return ioctl(f.Fd(), uintptr(ioctl_TIOCGRANTPT), 0) }