TTYNAME
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2013-06-21
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NAME
ttyname, ttyname_r - return name of a terminal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
char *ttyname(int fd);
int ttyname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);
DESCRIPTION
The function
ttyname()
returns a pointer to the null-terminated pathname of the terminal device
that is open on the file descriptor fd, or NULL on error
(for example, if fd is not connected to a terminal).
The return value may point to static data, possibly overwritten by the
next call.
The function
ttyname_r()
stores this pathname in the buffer
buf
of length
buflen.
RETURN VALUE
The function
ttyname()
returns a pointer to a pathname on success.
On error, NULL is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
The function
ttyname_r()
returns 0 on success, and an error number upon error.
ERRORS
- EBADF
-
Bad file descriptor.
- ENOTTY
-
File descriptor does not refer to a terminal device.
- ERANGE
-
(ttyname_r())
buflen
was too small to allow storing the pathname.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
ttyname()
function is not thread-safe.
The
ttyname_r()
function is thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
4.2BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
fstat(2),
ctermid(3),
isatty(3)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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