.Dd November 8, 2004 .Dt MOUNT_PTYFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mount_ptyfs .Nd mount the /dev/pts file system .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl o Ar options .Ar ptyfs .Ar mount_point .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm command attaches an instance of the pseudo terminal device filesystem the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is
a /dev/pts . This command is normally executed by .Xr mount 8 at boot time.
p The filesystem contains pseudo terminal slave device nodes which are allocated dynamically via .Xr ptm 4 , or they are already open via traditional BSD style ptys.
p The options are as follows: l -tag -width indent t Fl o Options are specified with a .Fl o flag followed by a comma separated string of options. See the .Xr mount 8 man page for possible options and their meanings. .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width n -compact t Pa n The 'nth pseudo terminal device in use. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mount 2 , .Xr unmount 2 , .Xr ptm 4 , .Xr fstab 5 , .Xr mount 8 , .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in .Nx 3.0 . .Sh BUGS This filesystem may not be NFS-exported. This filesystem is experimental.