TTYSLOT(3C)                          SysV                          TTYSLOT(3C)



NAME
     ttyslot - find the slot in the utmp file of the current user

SYNOPSIS
     int ttyslot ( )

DESCRIPTION
     ttyslot returns the index of the current user's entry in the /etc/utmp
     file.  This is accomplished by actually scanning the file /etc/inittab
     for the name of the terminal associated with the standard input, the
     standard output, or the error output (0, 1 or 2).

FILES
     /etc/inittab
     /etc/utmp

SEE ALSO
     getut(3C), ttyname(3C).

DIAGNOSTICS
     A value of -1 is returned if an error was encountered while searching for
     the terminal name or if none of the above file descriptors is associated
     with a terminal device.