ttyname
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# $EPIC: ttyname.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 17:37:08 sthalik Exp $
Synopsis:
$ttyname()
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's ttyname(3) function.
Practical:
Useful if you wanted to know which device you were logged into.
Returns:
The terminal device attached to standard input.
History:
This function fist appeared in EPIC4pre2.004-19990528
Examples:
$ttyname() might return /dev/ttyp2
ttyname.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1