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TTYNAME(3) Linux Programmer's Manual TTYNAME(3)

NAME

     ttyname, ttyname_r - return name of a terminal

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>
     char *ttyname(int fd);
     int ttyname_r(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen);

DESCRIPTION

     The  function  ttyname() returns a pointer to the null-terminated path-
     name of the terminal device that is open on the file descriptor fd,  or
     NULL on error (for example, if fd is not connected to a terminal).  The
     return value may point to static data, possibly overwritten by the next
     call.   The function ttyname_r() stores this pathname in the buffer buf
     of length buflen.

RETURN VALUE

     The function ttyname() returns a pointer to a pathname on success.   On
     error,  NULL is returned, and errno is set appropriately.  The function
     ttyname_r() returns 0 on success, and an error number upon error.

ERRORS

     EBADF  Bad file descriptor.
     ENOTTY File descriptor does not refer to a terminal device.
     ERANGE (ttyname_r()) buflen was too small to allow  storing  the  path-
            name.
     ENODEV File  descriptor refers to a slave pseudoterminal device but the
            corresponding pathname could not be found (see NOTES).

ATTRIBUTES

     For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
     attributes(7).
     +------------+---------------+------------------------+
     |Interface   | Attribute     | Value                  |
     +------------+---------------+------------------------+
     |ttyname()   | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:ttyname |
     +------------+---------------+------------------------+
     |ttyname_r() | Thread safety | MT-Safe                |
     +------------+---------------+------------------------+

CONFORMING TO

     POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.2BSD.

NOTES

     A  process  that keeps a file descriptor that refers to a pts(4) device
     open when switching to another mount namespace that  uses  a  different
     /dev/ptmx  instance  may  still accidentally find that a device path of
     the same name for that file descriptor exists.   However,  this  device
     path  refers to a different device and thus can't be used to access the
     device that the file descriptor refers to.  Calling ttyname()  or  tty-
     name_r()  on  the file descriptor in the new mount namespace will cause
     these functions to return NULL and set errno to ENODEV.

SEE ALSO

     tty(1), fstat(2), ctermid(3), isatty(3), pts(4)

COLOPHON

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     description  of  the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
     latest    version    of    this    page,    can     be     found     at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux 2017-05-03 TTYNAME(3)

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