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| + | # $EPIC: ttyname.txt, | ||
| + | ======Synopsis: | ||
| + | $__ttyname__() | ||
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| + | ======Technical: | ||
| + | * If EPIC is not attached to a terminal device (when you use the -b command line option) the empty string is returned. | ||
| + | * This function returns the device name associated with the standard input. | ||
| + | * This function calls the operating system' | ||
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| + | ======Practical: | ||
| + | Useful if you wanted to know which device you were logged into. | ||
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| + | ======Returns: | ||
| + | The terminal device attached to standard input. | ||
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| + | ======History: | ||
| + | This function fist appeared in EPIC4pre2.004-19990528 | ||
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| + | ======Examples: | ||
| + | $ttyname() might return /dev/ttyp2 | ||
ttyname.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1