tty_do_resize(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tty_do_resize(9) — the tty_do_resize glow-up page 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for tty_do_resize(9) — yes that's the actual manual name, and yes you're gonna understand it, because this one is honestly short and sweet 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

tty_do_resize — the resize event handler, aka the thing that makes your terminal actually notice it got bigger 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tty_do_resize (struct tty_struct *tty , struct winsize *ws );

that's it, that's the whole signature, no cap 🔥

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • tty — the tty that's getting resized, the main character in this whole situation 👑
  • ws — the new dimensions, like the new fit check for your terminal 📐

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it actually do? it updates the termios variables and sends the necessary signals so that a terminal resize gets performed correctly 💖

that's the entire vibe: update the variables, send the signals, resize goes through properly. literally it ✨ periodt.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole tty friend group, linked from the kernel file ./drivers/tty/tty_io.c — and ngl this is a long list, so buckle up bestie, every single one is here 🫶

💀 real talk: this page is sourced from ./drivers/tty, dated October 2026, and it's the tty_do_resize(9) page — go resize something responsibly, bestie 💜🎀
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