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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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+.\" @(#)ttyname.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd May 14, 2005
+.Dt TTYNAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ttyname ,
+.Nm ttyname_r ,
+.Nm isatty
+.Nd get name of associated terminal (tty) from file descriptor
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fn ttyname "int fd"
+.Ft int
+.Fn ttyname_r "int fd" "char *buf" "size_t len"
+.Ft int
+.Fn isatty "int fd"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+These functions operate on file descriptors for terminal type devices.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn isatty
+function
+determines if the file descriptor
+.Fa fd
+refers to a valid
+terminal type device.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn ttyname
+function
+gets the related device name of
+a file descriptor for which
+.Fn isatty
+is true.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn ttyname
+function
+returns the name stored in a static buffer which will be overwritten
+on subsequent calls.
+The
+.Fn ttyname_r
+function
+takes a buffer and length as arguments to avoid this problem.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn ttyname
+function
+returns the null terminated name if the device is found and
+.Fn isatty
+is true; otherwise
+a
+.Dv NULL
+pointer is returned.
+The
+.Fn ttyname_r
+function returns 0 if successful.
+Otherwise an error number is returned.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn ttyname_r
+may fail and return the following error codes:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er ENOTTY
+The
+.Fa fd
+argument
+is not a valid file descriptor.
+.It Bq Er ERANGE
+The
+.Fa bufsize
+argument
+is smaller than the length of the string to be returned.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr fdevname 3 ,
+.Xr ptsname 3 ,
+.Xr tcgetattr 3 ,
+.Xr tty 4
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn isatty
+and
+.Fn ttyname
+functions
+appeared in
+.At v7 .
+The
+.Fn ttyname_r
+function
+appeared in
+.Fx 6.0 .
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