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6 ttyname, ttyname_r - return name of a terminal
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11 char *ttyname(int fd);
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15 The function ttyname() returns a pointer to the null-terminated path‐
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18 return value may point to static data, possibly overwritten by the next
19 call. The function ttyname_r() stores this pathname in the buffer buf
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23 The function ttyname() returns a pointer to a pathname on success. On
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43 ┌─────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────────┐
44 │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
45 ├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────┤
46 │ttyname() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:ttyname │
47 ├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────┤
48 │ttyname_r() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
49 └─────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────────┘
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65 tty(1), fstat(2), ctermid(3), isatty(3), pts(4)
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68 This page is part of release 5.13 of the Linux man-pages project. A
69 description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
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