 | | | devpts filesystem.. | devpts filesystem.. 2004-02-19 - By Ow Mun Heng
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> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@(protected)]
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:56 PM
> To: Shrike-List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: devpts filesystem..
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > What exactly is the /dev/pts filesystem used for?
> >
> > It says filesystem for Unix98 PTYs
> >
> > virtual filesystem which can be mounted on /dev/pts,... used
> > for pseudo terminal support.
> >
> > I've compiled it into my old 2.4 kernel and left it out in
> the 2,6 kernel I'm using right now.
>
> The Unix98 specification changes over from tty's to pts's.
> When you log
> into the box via telnet or ssh, do a "w" or "who" and you'll see that
> you're logged into pts/0, pts/1, etc. If you do an "ls
> /dev/pts" at that
> point, you'll see "0" or "1", etc.
In That case, I would think that's it's not really detrimental
to leave it out of the system right? Or should I recompile my
system?
In what circumstance would this dev/pts filesystem be useful for??
Thanks
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