> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > 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 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
