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CTERMID(3) Linux Programmer's Manual CTERMID(3) NAME ctermid - get controlling terminal name SYNOPSIS #include <stdio.h> char *ctermid(char *s); DESCRIPTION ctermid() returns a string which is the pathname for the current con- trolling terminal for this process. If s is NULL, a static buffer is used, otherwise s points to a buffer used to hold the terminal path- name. The symbolic constant L_ctermid is the maximum number of charac- ters in the returned pathname. RETURN VALUE The pointer to the pathname. CONFORMING TO POSIX.1 BUGS The path returned may not uniquely identify the controlling terminal; it may, for example, be /dev/tty. It is not assured that the program can open the terminal. SEE ALSO ttyname(3) GNU 1993-04-06 CTERMID(3)
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