Thread: controlling terminal question

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    controlling terminal question

    Given the following...

    Code:
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
    #include <fcntl.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    
    int main(void)
    {
      int fd;
      char *name;
    
      if ((fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "open error\n");
        exit(1);
      }
    
      name = ttyname(fd);
      printf("real ttyname is: %s\n", name);
    
      close(fd);
      exit(0);
    }
    When I run it on my local linux box, I see the following...

    $ ./me
    real ttyname is: /dev/tty
    even though real actual tty is..

    $ tty
    /dev/pts/3
    When I run this same code on a remote machine that uses FreeBSD, I see the following..,

    % ./me
    real ttyname is: /dev/ttyp5
    In this cae it matches what tty produces...

    % tty
    /dev/ttyp5
    Why wouldn't the Linux box produce the actual ttyname in this case? Why does it just show /dev/tty and not the actual terminal name?

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    Posix says the tty utility returns ttyname() of standard input for the process. You're doing something else.

    gg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Codeplug View Post
    Posix says the tty utility returns ttyname() of standard input for the process. You're doing something else.

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    What else would I be doing?
    Last edited by Overworked_PhD; 10-01-2008 at 09:09 PM.

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    If you want to mimic Posix tty, then you should be calling ttyname(0).

    gg

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