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-.TH GETPT 3 2010-09-10 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETPT 3 2014-04-01 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getpt \- open the pseudoterminal master (PTM)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH VERSIONS
.BR getpt ()
is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR getpt ()
+function is thread-safe.
.SH CONFORMING TO
.BR getpt ()
is glibc-specific;
.BR unlockpt (3),
.BR ptmx (4),
.BR pty (7)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+and information about reporting bugs,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.