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ttyname

Retrieve the name of the terminal associated with a file ID.

Compatibility:

This function is compatible with the following targets:

ANSI

BeOS

EMB/RTOS

Mac OS

Palm OS

Win32


Prototype:
#include <unistd.h>
char *ttyname(int fildes);
Parameters:

Parameters for this facility are:

fildes  
int  
The file descriptor  

Remarks:

The function ttyname() retrieves the name of the terminal associated with the file ID.

Return:

ttyname() returns a character pointer to the name of the terminal associated with the file ID, or NULL if the file ID doesn't specify a terminal.

For example of ttyname() usage:
Refer to "Example of isatty() ttyname() usage.".


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