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28 .TH TTY 4 2003-04-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
30 tty \- controlling terminal
34 is a character file with major number 5 and
35 minor number 0, usually of mode 0666 and owner.group root.tty.
36 It is a synonym for the controlling terminal of a process, if any.
40 requests supported by the device that
48 Detach the calling process from its controlling terminal.
50 If the process is the session leader,
55 signals are sent to the foreground process group
56 and all processes in the current session lose their controlling tty.
60 call works only on file descriptors connected
63 It is used by daemon processes when they are invoked
64 by a user at a terminal.
65 The process attempts to open
67 If the open succeeds, it
68 detaches itself from the terminal by using
71 open fails, it is obviously not attached to a terminal and does not need