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+ | # $EPIC: ttyname.txt, | ||
+ | ======Synopsis: | ||
+ | $__ttyname__() | ||
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+ | ======Technical: | ||
+ | * If EPIC is not attached to a terminal device (when you use the -b command line option) the empty string is returned. | ||
+ | * This function returns the device name associated with the standard input. | ||
+ | * This function calls the operating system' | ||
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+ | ======Practical: | ||
+ | Useful if you wanted to know which device you were logged into. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Returns: | ||
+ | The terminal device attached to standard input. | ||
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+ | ======History: | ||
+ | This function fist appeared in EPIC4pre2.004-19990528 | ||
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+ | ======Examples: | ||
+ | $ttyname() might return /dev/ttyp2 | ||
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