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.\" (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:51:06 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.TH CTERMID 3 1993-04-06 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ctermid \- get controlling terminal name
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdio.h>
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.sp
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.BI "char *ctermid(char *" "s" );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR ctermid ()
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returns a string which is the pathname for the current controlling terminal for this
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process.
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If
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.I s
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is NULL,
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a static buffer is used, otherwise
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.I s
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points to a buffer used to hold the terminal pathname.
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The symbolic constant
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.B L_ctermid
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is the maximum number of characters in the returned pathname.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The pointer to the pathname.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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SVID, Issue 1; POSIX.1
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.SH BUGS
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The path returned may not uniquely identify the controlling
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terminal; it may, for example, be
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.IR /dev/tty .
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.PP
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It is not assured that the program can open the terminal.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ttyname (3)
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