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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/ttyname, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: ttyname()                General Function               ttyname()
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                      8: Identify a terminal
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                     10: cchhaarr *ttttyynnaammee(_f_d)
                     11: iinntt _f_d;
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                     13: Given  a  file  descriptor fd  attached  to  a terminal,  ttyname
                     14: returns the complete pathname of the special file (normally found
                     15: in the directory /dev).
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                     17: ***** Files *****
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                     19: /ddeevv/* -- Terminal special files
                     20: /eettcc/ttttyyss -- Login terminals
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                     22: ***** See Also *****
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                     24: general functions, ioctl(), isatty(), tty(), ttyslot()
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                     26: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     28: ttyname returns NULL if  it cannot find a special file correspon-
                     29: ding to fd.
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                     31: ***** Notes *****
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                     33: The  string returned  by ttyname  kept in a  static area,  and is
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