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HP-UX Reference > Tttyname(3C)HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007 |
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NAMEttyname(), ttyname_r(), isatty() — find name of a terminal SYNOPSIS#include <unistd.h> char *ttyname(int fildes); int ttyname_r(int fildes, char *buffer, size_t buflen); int isatty(int fildes); DESCRIPTIONttyname() returns a pointer to a string containing the null-terminated path name of the terminal device associated with file descriptor fildes. isatty() returns 1 if fildes is associated with a terminal device, 0 otherwise. RETURN VALUEttyname() returns a NULL pointer if fildes does not describe a terminal device in directory /dev. ttyname_r() returns a zero upon success and an error number upon failure. ERRORSisatty() and ttyname() fail if any of the following conditions are encountered:
APPLICATION USAGEThe return value for ttyname() points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call. WARNINGSFor streams ptys, ttyname() and isatty() do not consider master ptys to be tty devices. It should also be noted that ttyname() returns a pointer to the master pty name for all master pty devices. This is a result of device files being linked together. Users of ttyname_r() should also note that the prototype of this function has changed in this release for conformance with the POSIX.1c Threads standard. The old prototype of ttyname_r() is supported for compatibility with existing DCE applications only. |
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