Re: Issue in man page getpt.3

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 02:20:39PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Helge,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 02:38:26PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > 
> > Issue:    multiplexor → multiplexer
> 
> I see both used:
> 
> 	$ grep -rho multiplex.r man/ | sort| uniq -c
> 	      4 multiplexer
> 	      4 multiplexor
> 
> Which one should we prefer, and why?

A reason for 'e' is that __NR_multiplexer uses 'e'.

> 
> I don't know if any one is more correct than the other, as I'm not
> a native English speaker.
> 
> 
> Have a lovely day!
> Alex
> 
> > 
> > "B<getpt>()  opens a new pseudoterminal device and returns a file descriptor "
> > "that refers to that device.  It is equivalent to opening the pseudoterminal "
> > "multiplexor device"
> > 
> > "on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal multiplexor device is located "
> > "elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library."
> 
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