NAME

ttyslot − find the slot in the utmp file of the current user

SYNOPSIS

int ttyslot ( )

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/RUN ONLY

Origin: System V

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 0 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. 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021