tty(1) tty(1)
NAME [Toc] [Back]
tty, pty - get the name of the terminal
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
tty [-s]
pty [-s]
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
tty and pty print the path name of the user's terminal. The -s option
inhibits printing of the terminal path name and any diagnostics,
providing a means to test only the exit code.
RETURN VALUE [Toc] [Back]
Exit status codes for tty are:
2 Invalid options were specified,
1 The standard input is not a terminal or pseudo-terminal,
0 The standard input is a terminal or pseudo-terminal.
Exit status codes for pty are:
2 Invalid options were specified,
1 The standard input is not a pseudo-terminal,
0 The standard input is a pseudo-terminal.
DIAGNOSTICS [Toc] [Back]
not a tty standard input is not a terminal or pseudo-terminal for tty.
not a pty standard input is not a pseudo-terminal for pty.
AUTHOR [Toc] [Back]
tty was developed by AT&T. pty was developed by HP.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE [Toc] [Back]
tty: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
Hewlett-Packard Company - 1 - HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003 [ Back ] |
