TTYNAME(3) UNIX Programmer's Manual TTYNAME(3) NAME ttyname, isatty, ttyslot - find name of a terminal SYNOPSIS char *ttyname(filedes) isatty(filedes) ttyslot() DESCRIPTION Ttyname returns a pointer to the null-terminated path name of the terminal device associated with file descriptor filedes (this is a system file descriptor and has nothing to do with the standard I/O FILE typedef). Isatty returns 1 if filedes is associated with a terminal device, 0 otherwise. Ttyslot returns the number of the entry in the ttys(5) file for the control terminal of the current process. FILES /dev/* /etc/ttys SEE ALSO ioctl(2), ttys(5) DIAGNOSTICS Ttyname returns a null pointer (0) if filedes does not describe a terminal device in directory `/dev'. Ttyslot returns 0 if `/etc/ttys' is inaccessible or if it cannot determine the control terminal. BUGS The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call. Printed 11/26/99 May 15, 1985 1