ttyslot.3c (2010 09)

ttyslot(3C) ttyslot(3C)

(TO BE OBSOLETED)

NAME

ttyslot( ) - ﬁnd the slot in the utmpx ﬁle of the current user

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

int ttyslot(void);

DESCRIPTION

ttyslot() returns the index of the current user’s entry in the

/etc/utmpx ﬁle. This is accomplished

by scanning

/etc/utmpx for the name of the terminal associated with the standard input, standard

output, or standard error (ﬁle descriptor 0, 1 or 2).

RETURN VALUE

ttyslot() returns −1 if an error was encountered while searching for the terminal name or if none of

ﬁle descriptors 0, 1, or 2 is associated with a terminal device.

WARNINGS

Obsolescent Interfaces

ttyslot() is to be obsoleted at a future date.

FILES

/etc/utmpx

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ttyslot(3C) ttyslot(3C) (TO BE OBSOLETED) NAME ttyslot( ) - find the slot in the utmpx file of the current user SYNOPSIS #include int ttyslot(void); DESCRIPTION ttyslot() returns the index of the current user’s entry in the /etc/utmpx file. This is accomplished by scanning /etc/utmpx for the name of the terminal associated with the standard input, standard output, or standard error (file descriptor 0, 1 or 2).
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(Notes) A (Notes) tA 2 Hewlett-Packard Company −1− HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010