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1.1       root        1: .TH TTYNAME 3  "19 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: ttyname, isatty, ttyslot \- find name of a terminal
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B char *ttyname(filedes)
                      6: .PP
                      7: .B isatty(filedes)
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B ttyslot()
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Ttyname
                     12: returns a pointer to the null-terminated path name
                     13: of the terminal device associated with file descriptor
                     14: .I filedes
                     15: (this is a system file descriptor and has nothing to do with the
                     16: standard I/O FILE typedef).
                     17: .PP
                     18: .I Isatty
                     19: returns 1 if
                     20: .I filedes
                     21: is associated with a terminal device, 0 otherwise.
                     22: .PP
                     23: .I Ttyslot
                     24: returns the number of the entry in the
                     25: .IR ttys (5)
                     26: file for the control terminal of the current process.
                     27: .SH FILES
                     28: /dev/\(**
                     29: .br
                     30: /etc/ttys
                     31: .SH SEE ALSO
                     32: ioctl(2), ttys(5)
                     33: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     34: .I Ttyname
                     35: returns a null pointer (0) if
                     36: .I filedes
                     37: does not describe a terminal device in directory `/dev'.
                     38: .PP
                     39: .I Ttyslot
                     40: returns 0 if `/etc/ttys' is inaccessible or if
                     41: it cannot determine the control terminal.
                     42: .SH BUGS
                     43: The return value points to static data
                     44: whose content is overwritten by each call.

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