HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 7 Device (Special) Files, 9 General Information, Index (vol 10)

tty(7) tty(7)

NAME

tty - controlling terminal interface

DESCRIPTION

The ﬁle /dev/tty is, in each process, a synonym for the control terminal associated with the process

group of that process, if any. It is useful for programs or shell sequences that need to be sure of writing

messages on the terminal no matter how output has been redirected. It can also be used for programs that

demand the name of a ﬁle for output, when typed output is desired, and it is tiresome to ﬁnd out what ter-

minal is currently in use.

FILES

/dev/tty

/dev/tty*