ttyname(3) [xfree86 man page]

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 pathname 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 func-
       tion 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 pathname.

       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
       ttyname_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

       This  page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A 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)

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 pathname 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 func-
       tion 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 pathname.

       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
       ttyname_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

       This  page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A 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)