libssh2_channel_request_pty(3)

✨ libssh2_channel_request_pty — bestie's lil shortcut 💅

okay so this is a page from the libssh2 manual, and the star of the show is libssh2_channel_request_pty(3). it's giving "convenience macro" energy, and honestly? we love a shortcut that does the heavy lifting for us 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

libssh2_channel_request_pty — a convenience macro for libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3) calls ✨

like, it's literally the glow-up wrapper. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libssh2.h>

int
libssh2_channel_request_pty(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *term);

see that? two args, super clean, super cute. session and term, that's it, that's the whole vibe 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: this is a macro defined in a public libssh2 header file. it's not out here doing brand new work all on its own — it's using the underlying function libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3) behind the scenes. main character energy by proxy, honestly 👑

it's the "text your bestie instead of filling out a whole form" version of that call. iconic.

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

no secrets here — go look at libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3). same answers, same energy. 🔥

😭 ERRORS 😭

also a "go ask the ex version" situation: see libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3) for all the ways things can go sideways. not me redirecting you twice, but fr fr, that's where the details live.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3) — the real one, the source of all truth, the blueprint 🧚

and that's the whole page, babe. this lil cutie comes from libssh2 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 2010, and it lives in the libssh2_channel_request_pty(3) manual. yeah she's vintage but she still slays 💖✨🎀 go request that pty, bestie 🦋