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+;;; Pseudo terminals
+;;; Copyright (c) 1995 by Olin Shivers.
+
+;;; (fork-job/pty thunk)
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;; Fork the process with stdio (fd's 0, 1, & 2 and also the current i/o ports)
+;;; bound to a tty device. In the parent process, returns four values:
+;;;     [process pty-inport pty-outport ttyname]
+;;; - PROCESS is a process object for the child.
+;;; - PTY-{IN,OUT}PORT are input and output ports open on the controlling pty
+;;;   device. PTY-OUTPORT is unbuffered.
+;;; - TTYNAME is the name of the child's tty, e.g. "/dev/ttyk4".
+;;; 
+;;; The subprocess is placed in its own session, and the tty device
+;;; becomes the control tty for the new session/process-group/process. 
+;;; The child runs with stio hooked up to the tty; the (error-output-port)
+;;; port is unbuffered.
+
+(define (fork-job/pty thunk)
+  (receive (pty-in ttyname) (open-pty)
+    (let* ((process (fork (lambda ()
+			    (become-session-leader)
+			    (let ((tty (open-control-tty ttyname
+							 open/read+write)))
+			      (move->fdes   tty 0)
+			      (dup->outport tty 1)
+			      (set-port-buffering (dup->outport tty 2)
+						  bufpol/none))
+			   
+			    ;; No good -- leaves old ones around:
+			    (stdio->stdports thunk))))
+	   (pty-out (dup->outport pty-in)))
+
+      (set-port-buffering pty-out bufpol/none)
+      (values process pty-in pty-out ttyname))))
+
+;;; (open-pty)
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;; Returns two values: [pty-inport ttyname]
+;;; PTY-PORT is a port open on the pty.
+;;; TTYNAME is the name of the tty, e.g., "/dev/ttyk4"
+;;;
+;;; Scheme doesn't allow bidirectional ports, so the returned port
+;;; is an input port -- however, the underlying file descriptor is
+;;; opened read+write, and you can use DUP->OUTPORT to map it to
+;;; corresponding output ports.
+
+(define (open-pty)
+  (let ((next-pty (make-pty-generator)))
+    (let loop ()
+      (cond ((next-pty) =>
+	     (lambda (pty-name)
+	       (cond ((with-errno-handler ((errno packet) (else #f))
+		        (open-file pty-name open/read+write)) =>
+		      (lambda (pty) ; Score!
+			(values pty (pty-name->tty-name pty-name))))
+
+		     (else (loop))))) ; Open failed; try another pty.
+
+	    (else (error "open-pty: could not open new pty"))))))
+
+;;; The following code may in fact be system dependent.
+;;; If so, we'll move it out to the architecture specific directories.
+
+;;; Map between corresponding pty and tty filenames.
+
+(define (pty/tty-name-mapper char)
+  (lambda (name)
+    (let ((ans (string-copy name)))
+      (string-set! ans 5 char)		; Change X in "/dev/Xtyzz" to CHAR.
+      ans)))
+      
+(define pty-name->tty-name (pty/tty-name-mapper #\t)) ;/dev/ttyk3 -> /dev/ptyk3
+(define tty-name->pty-name (pty/tty-name-mapper #\p)) ;/dev/ptyk3 -> /dev/ttyk3
+
+
+;;; Generator for the set of possible pty names.
+
+(define (make-pty-generator)
+  (let* ((pattern (string-copy"/dev/ptyLN")) ; L=letter N=number
+	 (l-pos 8)
+	 (n-pos 9)
+
+;	 (letters "pqrstuvwxyzPQRST")	; From telnetd source in BSD4.4.
+;	 (numbers "0123456789abcdef")
+	 (letters "pq")	; From telnetd source in BSD4.4.
+	 (numbers "0123456789abcdef")
+	 (num-letters (string-length letters))
+	 (num-numbers (string-length numbers))
+
+	 (l num-letters)	; Generator's state vars. The value
+	 (n 0))			; of the last elt that was generated.
+    				; (We count backwards to (0,0); n fastest.)
+    (lambda ()
+      (call-with-current-continuation
+        (lambda (abort)
+	  (if (zero? n)
+	      (if (zero? l) (abort #f)	; No more.
+		  (begin (set! l (- l 1))
+			 (set! n (- num-numbers 1))
+			 (string-set! pattern l-pos (string-ref letters l))))
+	      (set! n (- n 1)))
+	  (string-set! pattern n-pos (string-ref numbers n))
+	  (string-copy pattern))))))