TTYNAME

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

ttyname - find name of a terminal

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

char *ttyname(int fildes);

DESCRIPTION

ttyname returns a pointer to a string containing the null- terminated path name of the terminal device associated with file descriptor fildes. A NULL pointer is returned if fildes does not describe a terminal device.

NOTES

If MiNT is not active or a version of MiNT before 0.9 is used, either /dev/aux or /dev/con is returned. If MiNT 0.9 or later is used and no terminal name could be found, /dev/tty is returned. The return value points to static data whose contents is overwritten by each call.