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ttyslot(3C)             LIBRARY FUNCTIONS             ttyslot(3C)



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

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>
     int ttyslot (void);

DESCRIPTION
     ttyslot returns the index of the current user's entry in the
     /var/adm/utmp  file.   The returned index is accomplished by
     scanning files in /dev for the name of the terminal  associ-
     ated  with  the  standard input, the standard output, or the
     standard error output (0, 1, or 2).

FILES
     /var/adm/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 are associated with a terminal device.































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