GNU/Linux |
Debian 6.0.0(Squeeze) |
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isatty − test whether a file descriptor refers to a terminal
#include <unistd.h>
int isatty(int fd);
The isatty() function tests whether fd is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal.
isatty() returns 1 if fd is an open file descriptor referring to a terminal; otherwise 0 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
EBADF |
fd is not a valid file descriptor. | ||
EINVAL |
fd refers to a file other than a terminal. POSIX.1-2001 specifies the error ENOTTY for this case. |
SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
fstat(2), ttyname(3)
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