ctermid(3) Library Functions Manual ctermid(3) NAME ctermid - get controlling terminal name LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <stdio.h> char *ctermid(char *s); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): ctermid(): _POSIX_C_SOURCE DESCRIPTION ctermid() returns a string which is the pathname for the current con- trolling terminal for this process. If s is NULL, a static buffer is used, otherwise s points to a buffer used to hold the terminal path- name. The symbolic constant L_ctermid is the maximum number of charac- ters in the returned pathname. RETURN VALUE The pointer to the pathname. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- tributes(7). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │ctermid() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ STANDARDS POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, Svr4. BUGS The returned pathname may not uniquely identify the controlling termi- nal; it may, for example, be /dev/tty. It is not assured that the program can open the terminal. SEE ALSO ttyname(3) Linux man-pages 6.03 2022-12-15 ctermid(3)
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