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-.TH GETTTYENT 3 2013-06-21 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETTTYENT 3 2013-07-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getttyent, getttynam, setttyent, endttyent \- get ttys file entry
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
.BR getttyent ()
-returns a pointer to a static variable, so it is not thread-safe.
+function returns a pointer to a static variable, so it is not thread-safe.
.LP
The
.BR setttyent ()
and
.BR endttyent ()
-use a static variable, so they are not thread-safe.
+functions use a static variable, so they are not thread-safe.
.LP
The
.BR getttynam ()
-calls thread-unsafe function
+function calls thread-unsafe function
.BR getttyent ()
so it is not thread-safe.
.SH CONFORMING TO
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ttyname (3),
.BR ttyslot (3)
+.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/.