NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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/ttys for the name of the terminal associated with the standard input, the standard output, or the error output (0, 1 or 2). 

FILES

/etc/ttys

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. 

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 22 May 1986